Deck 5: Mental Health

Question 1

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.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

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

Answer 2

D

Question 3

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.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

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 5

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 6

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 7

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

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

Question 8

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 9

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

Question 10

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 11

The term "information processing" describes

A) the cognitive processes involved in memory
B) the technique used by the brain to perceive sensation
C) long term storage of sensory memory
D) the emotional process of experiencing memory

Question 12

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 13

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 14

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 15

Cognition is

A) thinking about a situation
B) how we absorb stimuli
C) how we make sense of stimuli
D) all of the above

Question 16

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 17

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

Question 18

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 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

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 21

Affective disorders

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

Question 22

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 23

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 24

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 25

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 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

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 28

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 29

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 30

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 31

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 32

Which of the following influences learning

A) pacing
B) meaningfulness
C) motivation
D) all of the above

Question 33

shows little change with age.

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

Question 34

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 35

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

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

Question 36

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 37

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 38

Symptoms of senility are LEAST likely to be due to

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

Question 39

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 40

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 41

The incidence of Alzheimer's disease is increasing.

Question 42

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 43

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

Question 44

Memory starts out as a thought of recall.

Question 45

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 46

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

Question 47

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

Question 48

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 49

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 50

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

Question 51

Alcoholism can lead to dementia.

Question 52

Hypochondria is an indicator of emotional problems.

Question 53

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

Question 54

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

Question 55

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

Question 56

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

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

Question 57

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

Question 58

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

Question 59

Senility is an inevitable consequence of growing old.

Question 60

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

Question 61

Define function disorders.

Question 62

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

Question 63

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

Question 64

Describe the ways in which intelligence changes with age.

Question 65

What factors hinder adequate care of American's mentally ill?

Question 66

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