Psychology of Grief and Decision Making

What is the primary reason for age differences in simple reaction time tasks?

Older adults have slower sensory processing
Older adults have a harder time perceiving the stimulus
Older adults are less motivated to respond quickly
Older adults take longer to decide to make a response (correct)

What is the main limitation of working memory?

It has a limited capacity (correct)
It can only process visual information
It can only process information from sensory memory
It can only process auditory information

What type of reaction time task is driving an example of?

Choice reaction time task
Complex reaction time task (correct)
Simple reaction time task
Working memory task

What happens to information in working memory if it is not rehearsed?

It is forgotten (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between choice reaction time tasks and simple reaction time tasks?

The number of responses required (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main effect of aging on reaction time tasks?

Slower processing speed (C) Signup and view all the answers

What are the two types of determination about whether a person can make decisions?

Clinical and legal (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary difference between bereavement and grief?

Bereavement is a state of loss, while grief is a feeling (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of the mourning process?

To express or show grief (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the risk factor in grief that involves people disengaging from the dying person?

Anticipatory grief (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary requirement of the grief process?

All of the above (D) Signup and view all the answers

What determines the amount of time needed to deal with death?

The individual's emotional response to the loss (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is a major factor in a woman's decision to return to work after having a child?

Her financial resources (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following can lead to interrole conflict?

A woman returning to work after having a child (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is a factor that can reduce role conflict?

Flexible work schedules (B) Signup and view all the answers

Who is most likely to help with traditionally female household tasks?

Hispanic American men (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of the feeling of being pulled in multiple directions by incompatible demands from both one's job and one's family?

Interrole conflict (B) Signup and view all the answers

What has been the trend in the amount of time spent doing household chores over the past two decades?

Decreased moderately (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main reason for age differences in selective attention?

Older adults have more task-irrelevant thoughts, thus fewer processing resources are left for processing targets (D) Signup and view all the answers

When do age differences in selective attention on visual search tasks increase?

When task complexity increases (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of older adults' inability to filter out irrelevant information?

Difficulty selectively attending to relevant information and ignoring irrelevant information (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is a key factor that affects age differences in selective attention on visual search tasks?

Availability of spatial cues (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary aspect of attention that is affected by the inability to filter out irrelevant information?

Selective attention (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary factor that contributes to age-related decline in cognitive performance speed?

Decreased speed of processing (D) Signup and view all the answers

What type of information processing is reflected in speed of processing?

Early stages of information processing (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the outcome of age-related decline in sustained attention?

Increased vigilance decrement (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of decreased aerobic fitness level in older people on sustained attention tasks?

Greater age differences in vigilance performance (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the index of speed of processing?

Reaction time (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of sensory memory in the information-processing model?

To register new incoming information from the environment (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary requirement for information to be stored beyond the initial stage of sensory memory?

Attention to the information (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a characteristic of sensory memory?

It is a large capacity but very short-lived store (C) Signup and view all the answers

What determines which information is processed beyond the initial stage of sensory memory?

Attention (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is NOT a characteristic of age differences in sensory memory?

Age differences are not common in sensory memory (C) Signup and view all the answers