Deck 58: Cognitive Development

Question 1

According to Piaget, when an adolescent demonstrates an ability to reason realistically about the future and consider possibilities that they actually doubt, they are engaging in __________.

A) metacognition
B) domain-specific knowledge
C) seriation
D) formal operations

Answer 1

D

Question 2

According to Piaget, during which period do the beginnings of logical, abstract thinking appear, commencing around age 11 or 12?

A) Formal operational period
B) Information-processing period
C) Propositional period
D) Metacognition period

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Flavell, Miller, and Miller (1993) identified several features of adolescent thought that include all of the following EXCEPT __________.

A) an increase in domain-specific knowledge
B) greater information-processing capacity
C) advances in metacognition
D) a leveling off of existing competencies

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Adolescent thinking is ________, which means that adolescents use not only concrete data, but also statements or propositions that contain the concrete data.

A) domain-specific
B) operational
C) propositional
D) hypothetical-deductive

Question 5

The great achievement of the formal operational period is a release from the ________.

A) responsibilities of adolescence
B) restrictions of the tangible and the concrete
C) rules and guidelines of adults
D) burden of abstract thought

Question 6

Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the dramatic changes in the brain during adolescence?

A) The brain as a whole undergoes pruning of brain cells and a thinning of the cortex.
B) Considerable asynchrony among the different lobes is apparent in early adolescence, around age 13 to 14, with greater synchrony appearing at about age 17 to 18.
C) Waves of hormones wash over the amygdala, the site of emotion and anxiety.
D) The result of the changes during adolescence is a disorganized brain with less information-processing capacity.

Question 7

Healthcare providers dealing with teenagers should do all of the following EXCEPT _________.

A) learn as much as possible about all aspects of adolescent development
B) be honest, and answer questions as fully as possible
C) dismiss warning signs as "typical teenage talk"
D) keep in mind that while adolescents are capable of abstract thought, not all of them will exercise this ability

Question 8

According to Flavell, Miller, and Miller, adolescence brings with it advances in metacognition, which is to say they begin to think about thinking.

Question 9

Adolescents attack a problem by gathering as much information as possible and then making all possible combinations of the variables that they can.

Question 10

The ability to separate the real from the possible distinguishes the formal operational thinker from the concrete operational thinker.

Question 11

Clear thinking, advanced problem solving, and making good decisions depends entirely on neurological changes and the amount of practice will not make a difference.