Exam 18: Emerging Adulthood: Cognitive Development

Summarize three ways that developmentalists analyze adult cognition.

According to James Fowler's religious stages, faith, like other aspects of cognition, progresses from a(n) _____ view of life to a(n) _____ view.

During emerging adulthood, people can use both emotion (subjective) and logic (objective) when grappling with personal and social problems; such thinking demonstrates _____ thought.

Dr. Marquette is a researcher who studies the encoding, storage, and retrieval of information throughout life. Which approach to cognitive development does she take?

On his own time, Ron looks over his course syllabi for the term and realizes that, in three weeks, he has three assignments due on one day. Ron decides he will do one assignment per week for the next three weeks so that he will have them all done by their due dates. Ron is demonstrating _____ thinking.

Name and describe at least three characteristics of the proposed fifth stage of cognitive development.

Contemporary students attend college primarily to secure better _____ and to learn specific skills.

Hugo is a recent college graduate. He is more likely than a non-college graduate to do all the following EXCEPT _____.

Traditional models of formal operational thinking value _____ thought and devalue _____ thought.

The first stage of the process of dialectical thinking is ______.

Which college student is most likely to experience shifts in moral reasoning?

Kim is going to buy her friend a birthday present. She remembers that her friend wanted to go to a concert; tickets for the concert are $150 each. Kim has only $300 in the bank and was going to use $250 of it to pay for car insurance next month. However, she wants to make her friend happy, so she buys the two concert tickets. Kim's thinking is most likely influenced by _____.

Research suggests that the process of moral thinking _____ with age.

One practical side of postformal thinking is the ability to combine subjective and objective thought. Briefly describe subjective thought and objective thought. Then, provide an example that illustrates the integration of these two patterns of thought.

Describe four ways in which adult thinking differs from adolescent thinking.

Carol Gilligan believes that decisions about reproduction advance moral thinking, especially for women.

College education is one stimulus for young adults' shifts in moral reasoning.

The term massification means that _____.

Which statement is TRUE?

College students spend less than _____ of their waking time studying or in class and much more time socializing.