Adulthood & Old Age Exam #2 Study Aid

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Across
  1. 1. type of memory that has a limited capacity
  2. 3. a strategy used to remember better
  3. 4. new information interferes with remembering old information
  4. 5. memory in which a person is consciously trying to remember or think of something
  5. 6. term Binet & Simon used for a child whose mental age exceeded their chronological age
  6. 7. how long you can keep attention focused on something
  7. 12. states that the position of word/number that you are trying to remember matters
  8. 15. this person said that intelligence is based off of a single ability, or "g"
  9. 16. one of the ten signs of Alzheimer's caregiver stress
  10. 17. type of memory that has an unlimited capacity
  11. 18. also known as high blood pressure
  12. 19. memory in which a person is unconsciously trying to remember or think of something
  13. 20. attitudes, interests, health status, intellectual abilities, stress, & learning style can affect this
  14. 23. relationship between client and therapist
  15. 24. studying the same people over a long period of time
  16. 26. this decreases with age
  17. 27. varies based on age, gender, ethnicity, race, health & lifestyle
  18. 28. most severe, devastating & common form of dementia
Down
  1. 1. how we take information in, according to the information processing theory
  2. 2. this person believes that intelligence is made up of different type of abilities we have
  3. 8. task where you use more than one sense at the same time
  4. 9. this type of intelligence steadily declines with age
  5. 10. this factor of intelligence is based on the knowledge accumulated over lifetime
  6. 11. best defense against aging
  7. 12. ability to pay attention to relevant information and ignore irrelevant information
  8. 13. dividing and switching attention
  9. 14. many people do not agree on the concept of this
  10. 21. heart disease, cancer, and stroke are examples of this type of illness
  11. 22. studying different ages at the same point and time
  12. 25. some insurances do not cover this type of health