Ch. 11 Cognitive Development in Adolesence

Question 1

Abstract thought

Answer 1

ability to think about objects, principles, and ideas that are not physically present

Question 2

Operation

Answer 2

an internalized mental action part of an organized structure

Question 3

Formal Operational Stage (Piaget’s)

Answer 3

12 through adult hood
hypothetical and abstract thought
more scientific approach to problems
better decision making skills

Question 4

Heteronymous Moralitg

Answer 4

rigid acceptance of rules

ages 4-7

Question 5

Autonomous Morality

Answer 5

More awareness of rules and their human construction

10 yrs old

Question 6

(Kohlberg) Preconventional Stage

Answer 6

up to seven
self interest
avoid punishment

Question 7

(Kohlberg) Conventional Stage

Answer 7

based on social order, laws, justice and duty

adolescents and adults

Question 8

(Kohlberg) Postconventional Stage

Answer 8

Based on ideas of universal human rights
rules are useful but not absolute
i just laws should be disobeyed

Question 9

(Gilligan) Morality of Caring

Answer 9

males and females are fundamentally different in their approach to morality

Question 10

(Gilligan) Morality of Caring: Males

Answer 10

view morality as adhering to general principles such as justice

Question 11

(Gilligan) Morality of Caring: Females

Answer 11

develop morality on a personal level, such as responsibility to help others in the context of relationships

Question 12

(Gilligan) Level 1

Answer 12

Orientation to individual survival

transition: selfishness to responsibility

Question 13

(Gilligan) Level 2

Answer 13

Goodness as self sacrifice

Transition: goodness to truth

Question 14

(Gilligan) Level 3

Answer 14

Morality to Nonviolence

Question 15

Imaginary Audience

Answer 15

belief that people are watching to an irrational degree

Question 16

Personal Fable

Answer 16

one is uniquely destined for magnificent outcomes

teens think they’re unstoppable

Question 17

General intelligence

Answer 17

Fundamental intellectual ability that underlies many areas and tasks

Question 18

Intelligence Quotient (IQ)

Answer 18

ratio of ones mental age to their chronological age

Question 19

WISC (7-16) and WAIS (16+)

Answer 19

used to determine if a child or adolescent has a learning disability
verbal and performance scale

Question 20

Crystallized Intelligence

Answer 20

accumulated knowledge

Question 21

Fluid Intelligence

Answer 21

ability to reason and solve novel problems independent of any prior experience

Question 22

Successful Intelligence

Answer 22

Ability to achieve success in life in terms of ones personal/cultural standards

Question 23

Multiple Intelligences

Answer 23

mathematical, verbal, interpersonal, intrapersonal, spatial, musical, kinesthetic, naturalistic

Question 24

The SAT

Answer 24

similar to WAIS and WASC

assesses linguistic and mathematical capabilities