GERONTOLOGY SET #2 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS UPDATED 20260-
2027
# Term Definition
1 What is cognition?
It is considered the study abilities to learn, remember,
solve problems, and be knowledgeable about the world.
2 What is perception?
The ability to detect structures and events in the
environment, to make sense of our sensations.
3 What does perception involve? It involves the organization and interpretation
4 As what happens to perception as we
age? the perceptual speed decreases as we age. -younger
perform better *test object and measure rxn time to
identify with proper match --> speed proper comparison
takes longer -localization of object and array: younger
people do better -finding simple shapes
5 What is ideation fluency and what
List of objects that have something similar, same color,
happens as we age?
purpose, fxn, first letter, etc. ex) list as many letters as
you can that start with the letter B. **There is no real
difference between old adults and the young adults
(pretty similar)
6 What else are younger adults better
with that we talked about it class? -rotation of objects in space -mathematical functioning
(older can, but takes much longer) -ambiguous figures
(figures seen in more than one way)
7 "psycho motor speed" amount of time it takes to react to
What is another tern for generalized a particular stimulus. -rxn time
slowing and what is it?
, 8 What is age complexity hypothesis?
more complex a task, longer it takes older
person to finish, react to it, etc. REVIEW THE
GRAPH FROM CLASS
9 What is attention?
involves the ability to focus concentrate on a portion of
experience and not focus on other things, and to be able
to switch to another
10 SA: relevant vs. irrelevant DA: process info. from 2 or
What is selective attention and divided more sources (ex.) driving and see street sign ** they
attention? And what happens to both are both compromised as we age
of these as we get older?
# Term Definition
11 Describe the process of memory.....
sonsory: initial impression of senses has (very short, ms-s)
and if attended then goes to... working memory: (STM)
into 30 minutes, ex. phone number, and then keep
rehearsing and goes to... LTM: also new: intermediate
(variant):
ex) parking your car in the morning, in the afternoon you
remember where your car still is.
12 example and the age affect (between old
vs. young)
1. episodic: remembering a phone number:
significant change 2. episodic: memory episodes:
significant 3. flashbulb: (ex. 911): sig 4. semantic:
semantic priming: none 5. procedural: riding a bike:
none 6. implicit:repetition priming: none/small 7.
source: recall work spoken or read: none/small 8. tip-of-
the-tongue: recall well known word: sig 9. remote:
remember the details of a historical event: sig 10.
autobiographical: remember details of presonal event:
none if the importance is of great importance
11.prospective: remember to so something in the future:
none for event-based but significant for true based
13 What is implicit memory?
incidental things you learn while you do something else
WITH SOLUTIONS UPDATED 20260-
2027
# Term Definition
1 What is cognition?
It is considered the study abilities to learn, remember,
solve problems, and be knowledgeable about the world.
2 What is perception?
The ability to detect structures and events in the
environment, to make sense of our sensations.
3 What does perception involve? It involves the organization and interpretation
4 As what happens to perception as we
age? the perceptual speed decreases as we age. -younger
perform better *test object and measure rxn time to
identify with proper match --> speed proper comparison
takes longer -localization of object and array: younger
people do better -finding simple shapes
5 What is ideation fluency and what
List of objects that have something similar, same color,
happens as we age?
purpose, fxn, first letter, etc. ex) list as many letters as
you can that start with the letter B. **There is no real
difference between old adults and the young adults
(pretty similar)
6 What else are younger adults better
with that we talked about it class? -rotation of objects in space -mathematical functioning
(older can, but takes much longer) -ambiguous figures
(figures seen in more than one way)
7 "psycho motor speed" amount of time it takes to react to
What is another tern for generalized a particular stimulus. -rxn time
slowing and what is it?
, 8 What is age complexity hypothesis?
more complex a task, longer it takes older
person to finish, react to it, etc. REVIEW THE
GRAPH FROM CLASS
9 What is attention?
involves the ability to focus concentrate on a portion of
experience and not focus on other things, and to be able
to switch to another
10 SA: relevant vs. irrelevant DA: process info. from 2 or
What is selective attention and divided more sources (ex.) driving and see street sign ** they
attention? And what happens to both are both compromised as we age
of these as we get older?
# Term Definition
11 Describe the process of memory.....
sonsory: initial impression of senses has (very short, ms-s)
and if attended then goes to... working memory: (STM)
into 30 minutes, ex. phone number, and then keep
rehearsing and goes to... LTM: also new: intermediate
(variant):
ex) parking your car in the morning, in the afternoon you
remember where your car still is.
12 example and the age affect (between old
vs. young)
1. episodic: remembering a phone number:
significant change 2. episodic: memory episodes:
significant 3. flashbulb: (ex. 911): sig 4. semantic:
semantic priming: none 5. procedural: riding a bike:
none 6. implicit:repetition priming: none/small 7.
source: recall work spoken or read: none/small 8. tip-of-
the-tongue: recall well known word: sig 9. remote:
remember the details of a historical event: sig 10.
autobiographical: remember details of presonal event:
none if the importance is of great importance
11.prospective: remember to so something in the future:
none for event-based but significant for true based
13 What is implicit memory?
incidental things you learn while you do something else
