University of Maryland, Baltimore County

AGNG 200

Moody-Sasser Quiz 4 [Controversy 3. Do Intelligence and Creativity Decline with Age?]

1)Older adults tend to take longer to learn new things                                      .

1. 1. 1. Because of lack of practice
      2. Because of lack of motivation
      3. Because of differences in learning styles
      4. All of the above
      5. Both B and C

1. 2.                . According to the Duke Longitudinal Study of Aging (1981), what percentage of older adults said they had never been bored in the previous week?
      1. 1 out of 10
      2. 3 out of 10
      3. 9 out of 10
      4. 10 out of 10

1. 3.                . One of the biggest obstacles to researching creativity in later-life has been            .
      1. Finding an acceptable definition of creativity
      2. Creating a reliable and valid instrument with which to measure creativity
      3. Finding enough older adults who are creative
      4. None of the above

1. 4.                . The type of intelligence that is defined as intelligence applied to new tasks, or the ability to come up with novel or creative solutions to problems, is known as                        .
      1. Fluid intelligence
      2. Crystallized intelligence
      3. Classic aging intelligence
      4. Wechsler Adult Intelligence

1. 5.                . The type of intelligence that reflects accumulated prior experience and the effects of socialization is called                .
      1. Wechsler Adult Intelligence
      2. Fluid intelligence
      3. Crystallized intelligence
      4. Classic aging intelligence

1. 6.                . The most influential measure of global or general intelligence in use today is the           .
      1. Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
      2. California Achievement Test (CAT)
      3. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
      4. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)

1. 7.                . The "classic aging pattern" is defined as               .
      1. The persistent difference in performance on measures of verbal and performance intelligence
      2. The idea that the interaction of social groups is based on reciprocal balance
      3. The ability for humans to displace aging-related disease and declines until later in life
      4. The idea that declines in cognitive functioning in later life can be compensated for by the expertise acquired with aging

1. 8.                . The problem of measuring "real" intelligence is known as             .
      1. The reliability problem
      2. The optimistic problem
      3. The validity problem
      4. The wisdom problem

1. 9.                . Everyday intelligence, aka common sense, involves              .

1. 1. 1. Pragmatic or social judgment, which is more than abstract reasoning
      2. Intelligence applied to new tasks or the ability to come up with novel or creative solutions to problems
      3. Personality and temperament traits that predict how people adapt to changing life circumstances
      4. All of the above

4.10             . Studies that look at groups of young and old people at a single point in time are called cross-sectional studies. Studies that follow the same subjects over many years are called                        .

1. Multilevel factorial analysis studies
2. Individual studies
3. Correlation studies
4. Longitudinal studies