Exam 66: Early Adulthood: Cognitive Development

With respect to the theories of cognitive development in early adulthood, the achieving stage is associated with which theorist?

Formal operational thinkers attack a problem by gathering all available information and then __________.

New research has probed the dimensions of__________, which includes emotion and practical experience.

__________ is propositional-that is, individuals can use statements and propositions to reach conclusions.

K. Warner Schaie believed that young adults differ from adolescents in the way that they use their cognitive abilities and apply their knowledge.

According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, the ability to separate the real from the possible is a characteristic of __________.

William Perry's research on adult cognitive development showed that as students moved from adolescence to young adulthood their thinking became more rigid and inflexible.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three transformations that occur in the shift from adolescence to early adulthood?

Piaget's final stage, the formal operational stage, represents his interpretation of adolescent and adult thought.

A notable component of adult thought is the acquisition of specific knowledge combined with a greater capacity for information processing.

A major feature of adult thinking, beginning in adolescence and becoming more firmly rooted in early adulthood, is the tendency to _________ and to evaluate their validity as formal propositions.