Question 1

An example of _____ attention is making a decision about which stimuli to attend to when making a left turn at an intersection.

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Question 2

Although there are differences in the quality of care in nursing homes and other extended-care facilities in the United States,more than _____ are considered to be seriously deficient.

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Question 3

The term _____ refers to the ability to focus on a specific aspect of experience that is relevant to the task at hand while ignoring others that are irrelevant.

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Question 4

_____ attention,which consists of focusing on a specific aspect of experience that is relevant while ignoring others that are irrelevant,generally decreases in older adults.

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Question 5

Which of the following is TRUE about attention?

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Question 6

A person's knowledge about the world is called _____ memory.

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Question 7

The retention of information about the when and where of life's happenings is called _____ memory.

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Question 8

In the study by Rodin and Langer,which of the following was found to be the result of older adults having perceived control over their own lives?

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Question 9

Remembering the name of your favorite toy when you were a child is an example of _____ memory.

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Question 10

_____ attention is focused and extended engagement with an object,task,event,or some other aspect of the environment.

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Question 11

_____ is likely to delay biochemical alterations such as the age-related rise in cholesterol and triglycerides observed in both humans and animals.

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Question 12

The Lumosity program used by older adults in a study to improve their selective attention focuses on all of the following EXCEPT:

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Question 13

Zack is having a conversation with his friend Ben in a crowded room.Despite the presence of many voices around him,Zack focuses on what Ben is saying.This is an example of _____ attention.

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Question 14

In a classic study,Judith Rodin and Ellen Langer found that an important factor related to health,and even survival,in a nursing home is:

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Question 15

An example of _____ attention is the ability to focus on one voice among many in a crowded room or a noisy restaurant.

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Question 16

Which of the following is a term used to describe sustained attention?

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Question 17

Your elderly aunt Marie was recently admitted to a nursing home where there is a "residents advisory board" made up of the people who live in the home.They consult with the staff on changes that affect their lives and help to plan the monthly activities. Based on research by Judith Rodin and Ellen Langer,you would expect that Aunt Marie will:

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Question 18

Remembering where you went on vacation last summer is an example of _____ memory.

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Question 19

Older adults who were given speed of processing training showed improvements in their _____ attention.

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Question 20

Older adults who participated in 20 one-hour video game training sessions with the program Lumosity showed improvements in their:

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Quiz 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood