Chapter 11 - Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Question 1

what Piagetian stage are children at in adolescence?

Answer 1

formal operational stage

Question 2

what is the formal operational stage?

Answer 2

children learn to reason logically about abstract concepts and hypothetical situations

Question 3

what is systematic problem-solving?

Answer 3

finding a solution by systematically testing single factors to determine which is effective

Question 4

what is hypothetico-deductive reasoning?

Answer 4

the ability to derive conclusions based on hypothetical premises

Question 4

what is naive idealism?

Answer 4

when an adolescent forms an ideal world and may get frustrated when it doesn’t come to fruition/when no one else has the same view

Question 5

what is the personal fable?

Answer 5

the belief that you are so unique that no one could possibly understand what you’re going through

Question 6

what is the myth of invulnerability?

Answer 6

the belief that bad things won’t happen to you, they happen to other people

Question 7

what is the invisible audience?

Answer 7

the belief that other people focus on us more than they do/share our opinions

Question 8

what are differences between adolescents and preadolescents in study strategies?

Answer 8

adolescents are more likely to…
- periodically check progress on a task
- pay more attention to important information
- apply effective memory strategies
- analyze the effectiveness of strategies

Question 9

what are the differences between adolescents and preadolescents in text learning/summarization?

Answer 9

• kids 10-18 delete trivial information
• older adolescents tend to use more organizational categorization
• topic sentences