Exam 15: Adolescence: Cognitive Development

Both intuitive thinking and analytical thought reflect _______.

Adolescents' belief that others are as intensely interested in them as they are in themselves is referred to as "the invincibility fable."

Thinking or drawing conclusions based on past personal experience, emotions, or a hunch is referred to as "______."

_____ coined the term adolescent egocentrism.

Because the limbic system is activated by puberty but the prefrontal cortex matures more gradually over time, adolescents might be swayed by their intuition instead of by logic.

It may be that the fundamental task of adolescence is to ______.

Define analytic thinking and intuitive thinking. Which form of thinking is more frequent among adolescents, and why?

The statement "If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck" is an example of _____ reasoning.

Define adolescent egocentrism, and give two examples of it. Next, provide an example of a time when you exhibited adolescent egocentrism in your own life, and identify the type of egocentrism it was.

A dual-process model of thinking includes inductive and deductive thinking.

____ education is the period after primary education and before tertiary education.

Adolescents from low-income households are less likely to use the Internet at home than those from higher-income households.

"This creature barks and wags its tail. Dogs bark and wag their tails. Therefore, this must be a dog." This is an example of deductive reasoning.

The connection between the ______ and the prefrontal cortex changes during puberty, and that increases risk-taking behavior.

Analysis of national educational practices and scores on the PISA finds that teachers and administrators who feel _____ correlate with high achievement among students.

The _____ is an international test taken by 15-year-olds; it is designed to measure the problem solving and practical cognition used in daily life.

The power of the invincibility fable may be observed in _____.

Elle, an adolescent, believes that government should pay for all citizens' health care. From this premise, she reasons about the particulars of how and why government-funded health care would work. This is an example of _____.

Reasoning that includes propositions and possibilities that may not reflect reality defines _____.

As costs tumble, the device most often responsible for creating digital natives among low-SES adolescents of every ethnic group is the ______.