Exam 15: Cognitive Development in Adolescence

If you studied hard for this test because you love learning and like doing well,then you have _______________.

Most of an adolescent's life requires ___________ decision making.

Doug works hard in school so that his friends won't think he is stupid.His goal is _________.

The elimination of weak and poorly developed synapses is called __________.

Training tutors to use a structured approach and ask certain types of questions helps the ______________ the most.

Girls have more equal distribution of gray matter over both brain hemispheres.

Making inferences based on the premise that if one event occurs,then another event will occur is known as ____________.

Which Piaget stage involves the use of abstract reasoning and logical thinking?

Research shows that ________levels of employment during high school may produce positive skills.

If you take time to thoroughly read a test question and think about the answer you are engaging in ______________ decision making.

The committee that establishes policies and procedures about student retention is part of the____________.

Who believed children learn cognitively through experiences with others and inner speech?

If Mike looks at pornography every day for a year,his brain will be irreversibly changed.

Eccles feels that most schools do a pretty good job fitting the student's developmental stage to the environment.

To assess an adolescent's hypothetical-deductive reasoning abilities,Piaget used the _____________.

A student with an incremental view of intelligence will tend to focus on _________ goals.

The stage of cognitive development that Piaget said is typical of teens is the ____________stage.

Of the students in the last three questions,Leah,David,and Doug,which one is most likely to feel anxious and fearful?

Adolescents are more likely to use _________reasoning,and middle schoolers usually use ___________ reasoning.

Students who choose a course based on how much they like the subject,if they think they will do well,and if it seems important to the future are using ______________.