Exam 15: Cognitive Development in Adolescence

At Boston Sacred Heart School all the students in grades 9 to 12 are asked to participate in community building programs.Students were asked to choose from a wide range of initiatives,such as helping older adults,conducting activities in orphaneges,assisting animal-welfare workers,etc.The school also conducted group discussions where children were encouraged to reflect upon their experiences.This program aimed at enabling the students to become less self-centered and promote prosocial behavior.In this example,Boston Sacred Heart School uses _____.

Describe the key changes in adolescent information processing and explain how these changes affect the adolescent.

Which of the following cognitive changes that occur during adolescence allow(s)for improved critical thinking?

_____ refers to an adolescent's belief that others are as interested in them as they themselves are,as well as their attention-getting behavior.

What is character education?

What are the factors that provide a basis for improvement in critical thinking during adolescence?

Idealistic beliefs about possibilities that can change the world for the better are characteristic of the _____ stage of cognitive development.

Children are likely to solve problems _____,whereas adolescents begin to solve problems _____.

In the _____ approach,every school is expected to have an explicit moral code that is clearly communicated to students.Any violations of the code will be met with sanctions.

Turning Points 2000 continued to endorse the recommendations set forth in Turning Points 1989.One new recommendation in the 2000 report stated that:

The National Research Council (2004)recommended which of the following as a way to improve U.S.high schools?

In a typical _____ program,high school students meet in a semester-long course to discuss a number of moral issues.The instructor acts as a facilitator,rather than as a director,of the class.

The 1989 Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development report recommended that middle schools:

A direct approach that involves teaching students a basic moral literacy to prevent them from engaging in immoral behavior and harming themselves or others is called:

Cognitive moral education is a concept based on the belief that:

During formal operational stage,_____ dominates.

Lawrence Kohlberg's theory has been the basis for a number of _____ programs.

What is adolescent egocentrism? What are its key components?

_____ is a kind of "mental workbench" where information is manipulated and assembled to help make decisions,solve problems,and comprehend written and spoken language.

The heightened self-consciousness of adolescence,the belief that everyone is as interested in them as they are in themselves,and a sense of personal uniqueness and invulnerability are all parts of: