6.5 Late Adulthood: Aging, Retiring, and Bereavement

Question 1

crystallized intelligence

Answer 1

• general knowledge about the world, as reflected in semantic knowledge, vocabulary, and language

Question 2

fluid intelligence

Answer 2

• the ability to think and acquire information quickly and abstractly

Question 3

dementia

Answer 3

• a progressive neurological disease that includes loss of cognitive abilities significant enough to interfere with everyday behaviors

Question 4

Alzheimer’s disease

Answer 4

• a form of dementia that, over a period of years, leads to a loss of emotions, cognitions, and physical functioning, and which is ultimately fatal