Exam 11: Adolescence: Cognitive, Moral and Personality Development

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According to Peterson (1982), Australian boys who have started going out with girls have been found to display less imaginary- audience reaction than their peers who have not yet started going out with girls.

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Which of the following is an important change that takes place in the brain during adolescence?

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According to Jean Natapoff (1982), ______________-______________ thinkers were conscious of the future, viewing health as a long- term issue in contrast to sickness, which was short term.

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According to Damon (1975), at what age can children typically understand the basics of economic life, including primary producers, retailers and customers?

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The notion that 'right and wrong are relative to one's own immediate gain and that there are no abstract moral values beyond self- interest', is consistent with the ____________________________ stage of Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning.

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Piaget put forward three hypotheses to explain variations in the rate of mastery of formal- operational thought. Which of the following is not one of his hypotheses?

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Piaget put forward three hypotheses to explain variations in the rate of mastery of formal- operational thought. One of these,______________ , is described as the inter- individual developmental divergence in peak abilities as a result of inherited ability differences, explaining why some develop formal operations and others do not.

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According to Kroger (1989), identity development is complete by the age of 22.

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According to Connell et al. (1975), it is not until the age of ______________ that there are more Australian adolescents using formal- operational thinking rather than concrete- operational thinking.

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The onset of formal- operational thinking enables adolescents to speculate about broad philosophical, spiritual and social questions as well as to reflect on tactics of ______________ in social situations.

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According to Connell et al. (1975), only 35 percent of individuals that left school early to enter the workforce had developed formal- operational thought by the age of 20.

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In an optimally stimulating educational environment, all adolescents will develop formal- operational thought.

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From ages seven to nine children only have simple concepts of sharing with no clear concept of reciprocity, merit or entitlement.

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