Exam 15: Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Leilani thinks that she wants to be an actress or a ballerina when she grows up. Her brother Reilly wants to be a football player or a motorcycle racer. Leilani and Reilly are currently in the ________ period of vocational development.

The artistic person is likely to select which of the following occupations?

Young people with ___________ and ___________ scores tend to take more sexual risks, more often use drugs, and commit more delinquent acts than their agemates.

Piaget acknowledged that

Recent reports indicate that over _____percent of students in some inner-city high schools do not graduate.

Authoritative child rearing is related to ________ for ___________.

Twelve-year-old Tamika is a formal operational thinker. What are the major characteristics of her thought processes?

In biology class, Zia had to determine which of two fertilizers was best for growing African violets. She tested not just for type of fertilizer but also for its concentration and frequency of use. Zia used

Quinn is a capable student who is placed in a low academic track. Research indicates that Quinn will probably

Adolescent idealism often leads young people to become

Sixteen-year-old Alyssa speaks differently to her boss at work, her parents at home, and her friends at school. Alyssa demonstrates an improved mastery of

Mr. Conwell's son is expressing an exaggerated sense of personal uniqueness. What would be the best way for Mr. Conwell to handle this situation?

Which of the following explains the level of school involvement for many low-income parents?

In watching a concrete operational child and a formal operational adolescent solve the pendulum problem, what difference would be evident?

A high-school science teacher, Mr. Reidy, wants to increase his students' skills at coordinating theory with evidence. He wonders if he should provide them with traditional scientific tasks, or allow them to engage in informal reasoning. What should you tell him?

Compared to school-age children, adolescents are better at

Researchers regard ________ as central to the development of abstract thought.

School-age children have difficulty drawing accurate conclusions from propositional statements because they

The No Child Left Behind Act requires that

One way to increase parent involvement in school during adolescence is