PSYC 150 Week 13: Creativity and Wisdom
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What are the primary factors that predict an individual's creativity?

  • Intelligence and extraversion
  • Personality and motivation
  • Career and age (correct)
  • Genetics and socioeconomic status

    • What is the main characteristic of wisdom that distinguishes it from ordinary knowledge?

  • Its ability to provide practical solutions
  • Its ability to be applied in various situations
  • Its extraordinary scope, depth, and balance (correct)
  • Its ability to be learned through education

    • What is the primary reason why stereotypes are automatically activated in individuals?

  • They are consciously learned through experience
  • They are culturally ingrained
  • They are a result of social conditioning
  • They are unconsciously activated due to being overlearned (correct)

    • How do older adults' stereotypes differ from those of younger adults?

    <p>Older adults have more positive views of aging</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between age and wisdom?

    <p>There is no relationship between age and wisdom</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary factor that contributes to older adults' vulnerability to stereotyping?

    <p>Changes in the amygdala</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a characteristic of older adults when it comes to impression formation?

    <p>They are more willing to change their first impression from positive to negative.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why do older adults tend to rely more on dispositional information when forming impressions?

    <p>Because they use all information in forming impressions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an example of a situational attribution?

    <p>A person's behavior is due to the circumstances they are in</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the tendency to rely too heavily on dispositional information and ignore situational information?

    <p>Correspondence bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a consequence of age-related changes in the prefrontal cortex in older adults?

    <p>Increased susceptibility to false information</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do older adults differ from younger adults in their causal attributions?

    <p>Older adults are more likely to use dispositional attributions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the age-based double standard?

    <p>When an individual attributes an older person's failure in memory as more serious than a memory failure observed in a younger adult</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is stereotype threat?

    <p>An evoked fear of being judged in accordance with negative stereotypes about a group to which you belong</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the IAT research find about younger and older adults?

    <p>That all individuals had implicit age attitudes that strongly favored the young over the old</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How can younger adults combat stereotyping older adults?

    <p>By interacting with older adults and developing empathy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is related to social knowledge structures that people have?

    <p>Various age groups may differ on what is 'appropriate' social convention</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do beliefs about marriage and love change over the adult lifespan?

    <p>What people value at the time and the stage of life they are in begins to change their social beliefs</p> Signup and view all the answers

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