Psychology of Grief and Decision Making
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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?

    <p>It is forgotten</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>The number of responses required</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Slower processing speed</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Clinical and legal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary difference between bereavement and grief?

    <p>Bereavement is a state of loss, while grief is a feeling</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of the mourning process?

    <p>To express or show grief</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Anticipatory grief</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary requirement of the grief process?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>The individual's emotional response to the loss</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Her financial resources</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following can lead to interrole conflict?

    <p>A woman returning to work after having a child</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a factor that can reduce role conflict?

    <p>Flexible work schedules</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Hispanic American men</p> 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?

    <p>Interrole conflict</p> 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?

    <p>Decreased moderately</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Older adults have more task-irrelevant thoughts, thus fewer processing resources are left for processing targets</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>When task complexity increases</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Difficulty selectively attending to relevant information and ignoring irrelevant information</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Availability of spatial cues</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Selective attention</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Decreased speed of processing</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Early stages of information processing</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Increased vigilance decrement</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Greater age differences in vigilance performance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the index of speed of processing?

    <p>Reaction time</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>To register new incoming information from the environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Attention to the information</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a characteristic of sensory memory?

    <p>It is a large capacity but very short-lived store</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Attention</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Age differences are not common in sensory memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

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