Exam 15: Seciton 3: Adolescence: Cognitive Development

As the United States moves increasingly toward high-stakes testing, _____.

Adolescent egocentrism begins _____, and may increase again at the start of _____.

An approach to understanding intelligence that sees ability as innate, a fixed quantity present at birth, is referred to as the _____ approach.

One of the most prominent aspects of formal operational thought is the ability to _____.

The term imaginary audience refers to adolescents' _____.

Adolescents are capable of analytic thought, yet they do not consistently use it. All of the following are possible reasons for the inconsistent use of analytic thought by adolescents EXCEPT _____.

Marsha says, "There is no way I am going to school today with this bruise on my cheek. Everybody is going to laugh at me." Marsha is demonstrating _____.

When a person ignores the overall frequency of some behavior or characteristic when making a decision, it is called _____.

If Jennifer is like one-third of all high school students, she will use technology more than _____ hours a day beyond school hours.

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

Which statement is TRUE?

During adolescence, impulsivity declines and analytic thinking _____.

Richie just spent $1,000 fixing his car even though the mechanic told him the car will continue to need expensive repairs that may total more than the vehicle is worth. Richie is likely experiencing the _____.

An approach to understanding intelligence that holds that intelligence can be directly increased by effort is referred to as the _____ approach.

Cynthia comes from a school where the school climate is negative. She has engaged in cyberbullying for the past year. Cynthia is likely to have _____ self-esteem

Research has shown that adolescents who drop out of high school may show early signs of high school dropout by _____.

Many developmentalists find middle schools to be "developmentally regressive," which means _____.

In a study of adolescent agreement and disagreement with policies to remedy racial discrimination (Hughes & Bigler, 2011), most adolescents believed that racism was the cause of disparities between African and European Americans, but adolescents' ages influenced their ideas about solutions to the inequality. Those who were most likely to support systemic solutions (e.g., affirmative action and desegregation) were between the ages of _____.

What group is likely to experience logic failures in thinking?

Who are considered to be "digital natives" in the United States?