Adulthood & Old Age Exam #2 Study Aid

1. type of memory that has a limited capacity
3. a strategy used to remember better
4. new information interferes with remembering old information
5. memory in which a person is consciously trying to remember or think of something
6. term Binet & Simon used for a child whose mental age exceeded their chronological age
7. how long you can keep attention focused on something
12. states that the position of word/number that you are trying to remember matters
15. this person said that intelligence is based off of a single ability, or "g"
16. one of the ten signs of Alzheimer's caregiver stress
17. type of memory that has an unlimited capacity
18. also known as high blood pressure
19. memory in which a person is unconsciously trying to remember or think of something
20. attitudes, interests, health status, intellectual abilities, stress, & learning style can affect this
23. relationship between client and therapist
24. studying the same people over a long period of time
26. this decreases with age
27. varies based on age, gender, ethnicity, race, health & lifestyle
28. most severe, devastating & common form of dementia

1. how we take information in, according to the information processing theory
2. this person believes that intelligence is made up of different type of abilities we have
8. task where you use more than one sense at the same time
9. this type of intelligence steadily declines with age
10. this factor of intelligence is based on the knowledge accumulated over lifetime
11. best defense against aging
12. ability to pay attention to relevant information and ignore irrelevant information
13. dividing and switching attention
14. many people do not agree on the concept of this
21. heart disease, cancer, and stroke are examples of this type of illness
22. studying different ages at the same point and time
25. some insurances do not cover this type of health