PSYC 329 Exam Review Questions With Verified Complete Solutions.
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Psych 329
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Psych 329
General slowing Hypothesis - Answer The older you get the longer lapse you have to recall things.
Attentional hypothesis - Answer Aging reduces available cognitive resources
Inhibitory deficit hypothesis - Answer Aging reduces ability to tune out irrelevant infomation.
Context pro...
PSYC 329 Exam Review Questions With
Verified Complete Solutions.
General slowing Hypothesis - Answer The older you get the longer lapse you have to recall things.
Attentional hypothesis - Answer Aging reduces available cognitive resources
Inhibitory deficit hypothesis - Answer Aging reduces ability to tune out irrelevant infomation.
Context processing deficiency hypothesis - Answer Aging reduces ability to take instructions/context
into account.
Components of working memory - Answer Phonological loop> auditory
Visualpsatialpad> visual
Episodic buffer> brings information stored in the long term memory.
Central executive> allocates cognitive functions.
Effects of aging on LTM - what declines ESFTP - Answer Episodic memory: Where are my keys?
Source memory: Who said that?
Avoid false memories: I know I left them here?
Tip of the tongue worsens: whats that actors name?
Prospective memory: When was my doctors app again?
Effects of aging on LTM - what does not decline FSPIA - Answer Flashbulb memories: 9/11
Semantic memories: words and facts
Procedural memories: riding a bike
Implicit memory: knowing why you know how to ride a bike
Autobio memories (reminiscence bump): I hated that coat.
, Facts / stats related to driving and aging, and the pros and cons of taking away elders' driver's licenses -
Answer a. Working memory function declines: more difficult to process information on signs located
together
b. Selective attention skills decline: can affect a drivers ability to identify the most critical information
present in a wide array of signs in one area.
c. Processing speed slows: can affect perception and reaction from time (ability to judge the distance of
an oncoming vehicle)
d. Younger folks more at fault with car accidents but after 70's and 80's it becomes more dangerous
e. Older drivers who are aware of limitations tend to be more cautious: shorter trips less night driving,
avoid heavy traffic/ bad weather.
f. In collisions involving older and younger driver, the older driver is more likely to be at fault.
g. Elders are the least frequent age group involved in accidents where speeding was a factor.
h. High proportional frequency of interaction-related accidents for elderly drivers.
Language and Aging: The score card - know what contributes to decline - Answer i. slower reading rate
ii. changes in hearing and speech perception
iii. slowing of cognitive functions
iv. retrieval deficits
v. simpler grammatical; structures
vi. working memory deficits
Language and Aging: The score card - know what contributes to preservation - Answer i. semantic
memory is retained or greater
ii. able to get the "gist" of a story
iii. no problem with paralinguistic elements of speech
iv. activate the right hemisphere more
v. greater experience with language
vi. more cognitive complexity
Social elements of language: The Communication Predicament Model - Answer a. The predicament is
that older adults are thought of as mentally incapacitated, leading younger people to speak to them in a
simplified manner, reducing the older adult's actual ability to use language.
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