[GRN 101] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (44 pages long)
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C h a p t e r 5 : m e n t a l h e a l t h a n d. Cognitive health has only been recently deemed as an important issue. Cognitive health can be viewed along a continuum: optimal functioning to mild cognitive impairment to severe dementia. Components of cognitive health: language, thought, memory, executive function (the ablity to plan and carry out tasks, judgement, attention, perception, remembered skills (driving, the ability to live a purposeful life. The healthy brain initiative: a national public health road map to maintaining cognitive health (launched by the cdc) Speed of information processing- how quickly information is perceived and acted upon. Two or more groups of people defined by age are tested at a given point in time. Can be influenced by age and also an additional cohort or generation each having different life experiences. Most studies of mental abilities use cross-sectional methods.
