Transcript 21 AdulthoodCognitive
21-Adulthood Cognitive
Ages 25 – 65
What topics do you need help with?
• • • • • A. Spearman’s “G” B. Fluid intelligence C. Crystalized intelligence D. Sternberg’s three intelligences E. I understand
What topics do you need help with?
• • • • A. Characteristics of expert thought B. Selective optimization with compensation C. Expertise and age D. I understand
_________ intelligence is particularly valuable in high school and college.
A. Analytic B.
Creative C. Practical D. Productive
_________ intelligence is particularly valuable in high school and college.
A. Analytic B.
Creative C. Practical D. Productive
Short-term memory, abstract thought, and speed of thinking are qualities associated with ________ intelligence.
A. fluid B.
crystallized C. practical D. Experiential
Short-term memory, abstract thought, and speed of thinking are qualities associated with ________ intelligence.
A. fluid B.
crystallized C. practical D. Experiential
Which type of intelligence is not a part of Robert Sternberg
’
s theory?
A. experiential B.
analytical C. practical D. creative
Which type of intelligence is not a part of Robert Sternberg
’
s theory?
A. experiential B.
analytical C. practical D. Creative
Margaret has started slowing down in her ability to type, but she is an excellent researcher. She focuses on her area of skill so that she can maintain her job with her law firm. This is called selective optimization with: A. dissociation.
B.
compensation.
C. life skills.
D. Termination.
Margaret has started slowing down in her ability to type, but she is an excellent researcher. She focuses on her area of skill so that she can maintain her job with her law firm. This is called selective optimization with: A. dissociation.
B.
compensation.
C. life skills.
D. Termination.
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During the course of family counseling, the counselor shares with you that you are not alone in experiencing marital conflict. For many married couples, the happiest time of their entire married life is the newlywed period, and nearly half of married couples experience significant conflict to the point of ending the marriage in divorce. Most divorces occur within the first 10 years of marriage. What do you think you will decide to say if given an ultimatum? What do you want to do?
A. You decide to stay together and keep forging ahead because of your strong conviction that you never should give up on relationships, it's just not what you do. There may be hope around the corner, you never know.
B. You decide to try to stay together, only for the sake of keeping the family stable for your children. However, the silent tension between you and your partner is difficult at times. You try to act amicable despite your emotional separation from one another.
C. You feel like shouting, "I'm out of here!" The arguments and other signs of separation are clear as writing on the wall.
D. Something else