Which of the Following Is the Gerontologist Who Found That

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the gerontologist who found that you are most likely to stay mentally sharp in old age if you are involved in intellectually stimulating activities, maintain your perceptual processing speed by staying active, have a flexible personality, and are married to an intelligent spouse?

• A) Carroll Izard
• B) Noam Chomsky
• C) Warner Schaie
• D) Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

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Definitions:

Concrete Operational Stage

A phase in Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, occurring from around 7 to 12 years old, where children gain the ability to think logically about concrete events.

Preoperational Stage

The preoperational stage is a concept in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, describing a stage (roughly ages 2-7) where children begin to use language and think symbolically, but their thinking is still intuitive and egocentric.

Formal Operational Stage

The final stage of Piaget's theory of cognitive development, where individuals aged 12 and above gain the ability to think abstractly, logically, and systematically.

Accommodation

In cognitive psychology, the process by which individuals modify their cognitive schemas and beliefs to incorporate new information.