Deck 5: Mental Health

Question 1

Research suggests decline in intelligence begins to take on significance in the

A) 50s.
B) 60s.
C) 70s.
D) 80s.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a dimension of intelligence conceptualized by Guilford?

A) content, including figures, symbols, and words
B) sensory memory, psychomotor speed, and reaction time
C) operations of memorizing, evaluating, finding solutions
D) cognitive products, such as relationships, systems, implications

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What factors cause depression in older adults?

A) fear of death and constant pain
B) lost of self esteem and confidence
C) medications
D) all of these choices

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Differences in perception among age groups

A) are frequently reported.
B) may be due to differences in social isolation.
C) may be caused by biological changes.
D) All of these choices

Question 5

________ is the process of evaluating the sensory information carried to the brain.

A) Sensation
B) Sensory memory
C) Working memory
D) Perception

Question 6

Which of the following is LEAST likely to be affected by psychomotor speed?

A) recalling a happy event
B) playing tennis
C) dancing
D) turning off a light switch

Question 7

The five senses (vision,touch,hearing,smell,and taste)generally

A) lose their sharpness with age.
B) remain stable with age.
C) are cyclical over time.
D) increase their sharpness with age.

Question 8

Which of the following activities is most likely to increase reaction time?

A) reading
B) aerobic exercise
C) watching action movies
D) visiting with strangers

Question 9

Selective attention involves

A) focusing attention on certain stimuli and inhibiting responses to irrelevant information.
B) selecting whether to store information in the right or left side of the brain.
C) evaluating the sensory information carried to the brain.
D) discarding information that does not get coded in working memory by sending it to primary memory and sifting through it in our minds when we have more time to deal with it.

Question 10

Measures of intelligence have been criticized as being ageist because they

A) include manipulation of spatial figures and numbers.
B) do not take into account declining mental speed with age.
C) are inadequate to measure applied knowledge.
D) are concerned with the ability to solve problems.

Question 11

Reaction time

A) declines with age.
B) begins to increase at age 50 for every kind of task.
C) differs depending on the task and not the age.
D) increases as psychomotor speed increases.

Question 12

The Wechsler Adult Intelligence test

A) emphasizes skills of everyday problem solving.
B) compensates for increasing age.
C) consists of open-ended questions to which respondents write essay answers.
D) has seldom been used in clinical settings.

Question 13

Sensory memory

A) on the average lasts several hours.
B) takes in very small amounts of information.
C) is stored in the brain and retrieved later when needed.
D) takes in information so rapidly that most of it gets lost.

Question 14

Longitudinal studies of IQ have found that __________remain stable with time.

A) inference from past experiences
B) verbal skills
C) crystallized intelligence
D) knowledge

Question 15

When comparing older and young adults in task performance,studies have found

A) age differences in divided attention tasks are typically absence regardless of difficulty of the task.
B) older people are less distractible and better able to disregard irrelevant information in divided-attention tasks.
C) younger adults have lower physiological arousal.
D) older individuals are more distracted and unable to disregard clutter of irrelevant information.

Question 16

Fluid intelligence measures

A) the flow of thought associated with psychomotor response.
B) ability to move from one task to another.
C) innate ability to process information.
D) the motivational force propelling learning.

Question 17

Cognitive pragmatics refers to

A) logical as opposed to illogical thinking.
B) the neurophysiological architecture of the brain.
C) the genetic hardwiring of the brain.
D) knowledge and life experience.

Question 18

Metamory is

A) a self appraisal or self monitoring of memory.
B) having an enormous memory.
C) a decline in short-term memory.
D) a decline in long-term memory.

Question 19

Crystallized intelligence is

A) genetically inherited.
B) the measure of knowledge acquired through experience and education.
C) the secondary mental abilities formed by combining a number of primary mental abilities.
D) a measure of intuition that enables us to predict what is going to happen in the near future.

Question 20

Which of the following illustrates motor performance?

A) smelling the odor of coffee
B) hearing your neighbor calling his dog
C) pressing a button to turn on a television
D) seeing car lights on a dark night

Question 21

TOT,"Tip of the tongue" Syndrome refers to

A) having a thought on your mind.
B) on the verge of recalling a name, date, or event and unable to do it.
C) having a sore on your tongue.
D) losing your sense of taste.

Question 22

Symptoms of senility are LEAST likely to be due to

A) electrolyte imbalance.
B) malnutrition.
C) dehydration.
D) the biological aging process.

Question 23

Recent studies reveal that

A) 65 percent of older people suffer from depression.
B) the incidence of depression among older people is twice as high as that among younger adults.
C) inability to sleep is a strong indicator of depression for older people.
D) one to two percent of older adults are clinically (severely) depressed.

Question 24

Working memory refers to

A) registering sensory information.
B) remembering the details of everyday life.
C) processing of sensory stimuli to give meaning and transfer to long term storage.
D) stored facts and words learned in the past.

Question 25

Once information is transferred to ________________,people of all ages are able to recall it.

A) sensory memory
B) primary memory
C) secondary memory
D) tertiary memory

Question 26

When a person who fears being robbed or mugged will not leave home,gets dozens of locks,and constantly checks them,he or she is most likely to suffer from

A) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
B) a social phobia.
C) a depressive disorder.
D) generalized anxiety disorder.

Question 27

In which kind of memory test are older people likely to do as well as if not better than younger people?

A) free recall
B) tests of recognition
C) recalling facts out of context
D) long-term memory tests

Question 28

Affective disorders

A) include all anxiety disorders.
B) are organic disorders.
C) are mood disorders.
D) are a type of personality disorder.

Question 29

_________ shows little change with age.

A) Primary memory
B) Working memory
C) Secondary memory
D) All of these choices

Question 30

Which of the following is LEAST likely to hinder the learning of older adults?

A) self-pacing
B) use of abstract concepts
C) distraction
D) formal testing situations

Question 31

Studies of long-term memory have found age differences in

A) recall of historic events.
B) autobiographical data.
C) perceptual speed of memory retrieval
D) recall of popular movies or television shows.

Question 32

Which of the following is most likely to illustrate tertiary memory?

A) your sister's birth
B) a friend's telephone message
C) what you studied for the exam
D) the movie you saw last week

Question 33

If a person is lethargic,has low self esteem,and finds life confusing they may have which type of disorder?

A) organic disorder
B) anxiety disorder
C) affective disorder
D) depressive disorder

Question 34

The ___________ personality tends to be a solitary person who lacks the capacity for warm,close social relationships.

A) paranoid
B) introverted
C) antisocial
D) bipolar

Question 35

Being unable to remembering a phone number given to you orally long enough to dial the number illustrates a failure of

A) primary memory
B) working memory
C) secondary memory
D) tertiary memory

Question 36

Functional disorders

A) are similar to organic disorders.
B) are less troublesome than emotional problems.
C) are of psychological, not physical, origin.
D) include deteriorating mental conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.

Question 37

The theory of terminal decline or terminal drop proposes

A) a situation of panic can cause sudden decrease in cognitive functioning.
B) a precipitous decrease in cognitive functioning occurs one to two years before death.
C) memory loss for older people is irreversible.
D) loss of intelligence is inevitable and irreversible when people reach 80 years of age.

Question 38

Constantly washing one's hands is a symptom of

A) social phobia.
B) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
C) generalized anxiety disorder.
D) a depressive disorder.

Question 39

Which of the following is more likely to be a problem with a cross-sectional,than a longitudinal study?

A) Sample sizes are small.
B) Repeated presentation of material creates learning.
C) Younger generations do not do as well on standardized tests.
D) The final measures are obtained from survivors-those who are most robust and healthy.

Question 40

Evidence suggests the most age sensitive mental ability is

A) perceptual speed.
B) logical deduction.
C) application of knowledge.
D) logical induction.

Question 41

Dementia from __________ may result from lack of vitamin B12.

A) Huntington's disease
B) Creutzfeld-Jacob disease
C) Parkinson's disease
D) alcoholism

Question 42

The classic aging pattern is high verbal scores and declining performance scores of older adults.

Question 43

T.O.T.stands for Top of the Tongue Syndrome

Question 44

Multi-infarct dementia (MID)

A) rises from problems with blood flow to the brain.
B) is progressive and irreversible.
C) is believed to be caused by a virus.
D) causes the cerebral cortex to degenerate more rapidly than Alzheimer's.

Question 45

Most people over 65 who suffer from depression are not receiving any formal psychiatric treatment.

Question 46

A lack of awareness of oneself or one's surroundings is called

A) bipolar disorder.
B) delirium.
C) dementia.
D) affective disorder.

Question 47

The incidence of Alzheimer's disease is increasing.

Question 48

Hypochondria is an indicator of emotional problems.

Question 49

Memory starts out as a thought of recall.

Question 50

Senility is an inevitable consequence of growing old.

Question 51

Sensory threshold is the minimum intensity of a stimuli required for a person to perceive it.

Question 52

All of the following characterize dementia EXCEPT

A) being disoriented.
B) having poor judgement.
C) having problems with language.
D) it is a normal part of the aging process.

Question 53

Huntington's Disease symptoms are very similar to Alzheimer Disease symptoms.

Question 54

Speaking a language that seems to be a self expression or disturbance in behavior is most likely to be a symptom of

A) schizophrenia.
B) social anxiety.
C) bipolar disorder.
D) obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Question 55

The most common form of chronic organic brain disease is Parkinson's disease.

Question 56

If used,memory will be maintained or even improve as an individual grows older.

Question 57

Examination of psychiatric services for the elderly in U.S.and Canada reveal all of the following EXCEPT

A) Psychiatric services for elders are more accessible in the United States because of universal health insurance.
B) In both countries, the small number of professionals trained and interested in mental health of the elderly limits psychiatric services.
C) In both countries, long-term care is generally inadequate for those with serious behavioral disorders.
D) Mentally ill elderly in the U.S. are more likely to be cared for in nursing homes with little or no psychiatric than in mental hospitals.

Question 58

Older adults are likely to have incorporated ageist beliefs about memory.

Question 59

Alcoholism can lead to dementia.

Question 60

If someone can not remember something,it means learning has not adequately occurred.

Question 61

How does memory and learning change with age? What can help maintain memory in old age?

Question 62

Describe the ways in which intelligence changes with age.

Question 63

Describe the effects of Alzheimer's disease through the progressive course of the disease.

Question 64

How do sensory memory,attention,perception,and psychomotor speed change with age? What can family and caretakers of the elderly,automobile manufacturers,and transportation departments do to help the elderly cope with these changes?

Question 65

What factors hinder adequate care of America's mentally ill elderly?

Question 66

Define functional disorders.

Question 67

Parkinson's Disease is more common among women than men.