Research Methods
This is the variable that is measured in a study
Dependent Variable
This imaging technique only shows us the structure of the brain
MRI
Paying attention to more than one thing at a time
Divided attention
This type of memory involves facts and knowledge
Semantic memory
Emotion
This type of experiment uses naturally occurring groups
Quasi-experiment
This part of the neuron receives information from other neurons
Dendrite
This type of attention shows age differences only on difficult tasks
Selective attention
This type of memory shows large age-related declines
Episodic memory
Older adults are more likely to attend to and remember ______ information.
Positive
This type of design has no independent variables
Correlational Design
High performing older adults show _____ activation compared to low performing older adults
bilateral
Reading the word when you were instructed to report the ink color is an example of failing to ______ something.
Inhibit
Chunking
Feeling scared is an example of a ______ valenced; _____ intensity emotion.
Negative; high/strong
This type of study measures multiple cohorts at one time point
Cross-sectional
This condition leads to loss of peripheral vision
Glaucoma
Mirelman et al (2012) found that performance on executive function tasks can predict risk of future ____.
falls
Typing mostly relies on _____ memory.
Procedural
This brain region is associated with identifying, interpreting and inhibiting emotions and is relatively intact in older adults
ventromedial PFC
"Time of measurement effects" are an issue for which type of design?
Longitudinal
______ results from the stiffening of the lens
Inability to accommodate from far to near objects, or presbyopia
Sarah has a lot of deadlines this week so she decided to save time by listening to an online lecture in one class while creating flashcards on Quizlet for another. Unfortunately, it ends up taking her longer to complete these tasks because she has to pause and rewind the lectures and also keeps making mistakes on her flashcards. This loss of time involved in going between two tasks as opposed to doing one at a time is an example of ________.
Task switching
A doctor would like to know which medications an older patient is taking. The patient is more likely to remember the medication when the doctor asks "are you taking Prinivil?", which is a _______ measure compared to "which medications are you taking?", which is a _______ measure.
Recognition; recall
Which levels of stress/arousal can hurt memory?
Very low + very high (Yerkes-Dodson law)