Deck 21: Seciton 2: Adulthood: Cognitive Development

Question 1

Efforts to find specific genes or abilities that comprise what Spearman called _____ have not succeeded.

Answer 1

g

Question 2

In the _____ coping style, people try to solve their difficulties by attacking them in some way.

Answer 2

problem-focused

Question 3

The steady rise in average IQ across many generations is known as the _____.

Answer 3

Flynn effect

Question 4

The accumulation of facts and information that comes with experience and education is called _____ intelligence.

Question 5

Some people respond to their stresses with _____ coping, believing that there is some divine purpose for the problem.

Question 6

Scores on fluid intelligence _____ with age.

Question 7

Women are more likely than men to use _____ coping to deal with stressful situations.

Question 8

_____ coping is a method of dealing with a problem by ignoring, forgetting, or hiding it.

Question 9

_____ studies of IQ demonstrate that many people advance in intelligence with age.

Question 10

According to Sternberg, _____ intelligence involves the capacity to be intellectually flexible and innovative.

Question 11

According to Sternberg, the intellectual skills used in everyday problem solving are part of _____ intelligence.

Question 12

To compensate for the effects of retesting in longitudinal research, Schaie developed a new research design called _____ research.

Question 13

The type of intelligence most valued in high school and college is _____.

Question 14

The gradual accumulation of biochemical stressors is called _____.

Question 15

A controversial idea is that nations with the most advanced economies and greatest national wealth are those that make best use of _____.

Question 16

A situation, event, experience, or other condition that affects a person negatively is called a _____.

Question 17

For many survivors of Hurricane Katrina, the _____ of many stressors led to physical and psychological difficulties.

Question 18

A person who is quick at intellectual puzzles and creative with words and numbers is someone with _____ intelligence.

Question 19

According to _____, the g factor of intelligence can be inferred from various abilities, such as vocabulary, memory, and reasoning.

Question 20

_____ studies of IQ in many nations have confirmed that younger adults outscore older adults.

Question 21

Expert chess players engage in _____ when they view the board as a whole rather than a configuration of game pieces.

Question 22

Expert thought is _____, automatic, strategic, and flexible.

Question 23

_____ is a term that denigrates the domestic and caregiving tasks that were once thought to be the responsibility of females.

Question 24

In any field or endeavor, strategy may be the difference between a novice and a(n) _____.

Question 25

Skills and knowledge developed around a particular activity or area of specific interest is referred to as _____.

Question 26

Perhaps because they are intuitive, automatic, and strategic thinkers, experts are also more _____ in their thinking.

Question 27

Humans seem to have a _____ reserve that is activated under stress, similar to the organ reserve.

Question 28

Expert thought is _____; that is, the complex action and thought required by most people has become routine.

Question 29

The ability to strategically use one's intellectual strengths to compensate for the declining abilities associated with age is called selective _____ with compensation.