CH 2 Cognitive transitions Flashcards
Compared to children, adolescents thinking is more sophisticated in their ability to:
(1) Think about possibilities.
(2) Think about abstract concepts.
(3) Think about thinking. (4) Think in multiple dimensions.
(5) See knowledge as relative
T: think about thinking
metacognition
T: seeing knowledge as relative
relativism
what are the ways children vs adolescences think about possibilities
children= concrete events adolescences= what might be
T: not just thinking about what is but what might have been
counterfactual thinking
Adolescents are able to move easily between the … and the … to generate alternative possibilities.
specific and the abstract
(Thinking About Possibilities) T: A type of logical reasoning in which you draw logically necessary conclusions from a general set of premises, or givens.
deductive reasoning
(Thinking About Possibilities)
T: “If-then” thinking
n Example: Playing devil’s advocate
hypothetical thinking
adolescences cant suspend current beleifs to think of other perspectives
f they can
what are some language skills adolescences begin to understand as a result of their Ability to comprehend higher-
order abstract logic 4
Puns, proverbs, metaphors, and analogies
Improvements in social cognition during adolescence is directly related to improvements in the ability to …
think abstractly.
understanding clever jokes is the result of what advancement to adolescences thinking
abstract concepts
an adolescent takes an interest in politics as the result of what advancement
abstract concepts
(thinking about thinking) adolescences Increased … allows them to think about their our own emotions.
introspection
(thinking about thinking) Increased ….: thinking that others are thinking about us.
self-consciousness
what are the 3 skills that come with metacognition
Monitoring one’s own cognitive activity during thinking
n Increased introspection: thinking about our own emotions.
n Increased self-consciousness: thinking that others are thinking about us.
problem with metacognition
preoccupy self with what others are thinking
does metacognition continue to improve in adulthood?
no levels off
problems with introspection
self absorption
what phenomena exemplifies adolescents egocentrism 2
imaginary audience phenomena
personal fable
what is the imaginary audience phenomena
Believe that everyone is watching
n Behavior is the focus of other’s concern
what is the personal fable
Experiences are unique
n Nothing bad can happen to them because they are special regardless of what happens to others
“you’d never understand how I feel” what phenomena
personal fable
problems with personal fable
risky behaviours (online sex behaviours- saw themselves as less vulnerable)