Adulthood & Old Age Exam #2 Study Aid

3. attitudes, interests, health status, intellectual abilities, stress, & learning style can affect this
8. memory in which a person is consciously trying to remember or think of something
10. also known as high blood pressure
12. this person said that intelligence is based off of a single ability, or "g"
13. best defense against aging
14. most severe, devastating & common form of dementia
15. heart disease, cancer, and stroke are examples of this type of illness
16. varies based on age, gender, ethnicity, race, health & lifestyle
18. new information interferes with remembering old information
19. states that the position of word/number that you are trying to remember matters
24. memory in which a person is unconsciously trying to remember or think of something
26. task where you use more than one sense at the same time
27. term Binet & Simon used for a child whose mental age exceeded their chronological age
28. one of the ten signs of Alzheimer's caregiver stress

1. this factor of intelligence is based on the knowledge accumulated over lifetime
2. how we take information in, according to the information processing theory
4. this person believes that intelligence is made up of different type of abilities we have
5. relationship between client and therapist
6. how long you can keep attention focused on something
7. some insurances do not cover this type of health
9. many people do not agree on the concept of this
11. type of memory that has an unlimited capacity
12. ability to pay attention to relevant information and ignore irrelevant information
14. dividing and switching attention
17. studying the same people over a long period of time
20. this decreases with age
21. type of memory that has a limited capacity
22. studying different ages at the same point and time
23. this type of intelligence steadily declines with age
25. a strategy used to remember better