Areas of cognitive growth

Question 1

What is organzation

Answer 1

• Adolescents are more aware of their own thought processes and can use mnemonic devices and other strategies to think and remember information more efficiently. *Allows you to memorize information

Question 2

What is metacognition

Answer 2

*Adolescents can think about thinking itself. This often involves monitoring one’s own cognitive activity during the thinking process.
* metacognition provides the ability to plan ahead, see the future consequences of an action, and provide alternative explanations of events