At the Age of 66, Hilda Is Worried When Researchers

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Essay

At the age of 66, Hilda is worried when researchers ask her to take an IQ test. She knows that older people are assumed to have failing cognitive abilities. Which term is used to describe Hilda's anxiety? How could Hilda's test performance be affected by her worries?

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Definitions:

Cognitive Factors

Mental processes like perception, memory, and problem-solving that influence how we think, learn, and behave.

Cognitive Theories

Frameworks focusing on understanding mental processes such as perception, memory, and decision-making.

Etiology

Investigating the origin and reasons for different illnesses or maladies.

Personality Disorders

Mental disorders characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition, and inner experience, exhibited across many contexts.