Health Sciences 2711A/B Chapter Notes -Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Verbal Memory, Implicit Memory
15 Apr 2014
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Chap 15; physical & cognitive development in mid adult (409 417) Changes in mental abilities: people focus on deficits of aging, but there are displays of cognitive competence in familiar contexts and outstanding accomplishments. 50/60 s: cohort effect: responsible for difference above because each new generation has better health/education than the last = so we can use new abilities that others haven"t before, crystalized and fluid intelligence, crystalized intelligence. Skills that depend on accumulated knowledge and experience, good judgment, mastery of social conventions. Increases steadily through middle adulthood: usually peaks around 45-54, steady till 80"s. Eg: vocab/general info/verbal comprehension/logical reasoning: fluid intelligence: Basic information processing skills-ability to detect relationships among visual stimuli, speed of analyzing info/capacity of working memory beings to decline in 20"s. Combines w/ crystalized intelligence to support effective reasoning/prob solving. Influenced by conditions of brain & learning unique to individual. Information processing: processing speed & attention/memory decline together.
