Chapter 16

Question 1

ambiguous figures

Answer 1

figures that can be perceived in 2 ways. Young children tend to see 1, while adolescents tend to see both.

Question 2

selective attention

Answer 2

the ability to allocate attention and focus on specific topics. Adolescents use it better.

Question 3

perception in adolescence

Answer 3

perception has become more flexible in adolescence

Question 4

speed of processing

Answer 4

amount of time needed to carry out any given mental calculation. Faster in adolescence, partially driven by the maturation of white matter.

Question 5

encoding switch hypothesis

Answer 5

The hypothesis that children focus more on individual features of faces for recognizing face and adolescents use the configuration of features, which works better.

Question 6

featural processing

Answer 6

face processing emphasizing features (young children)

Question 7

configure processing

Answer 7

face processing emphasizing configuration (adolescents)

Question 8

dip in face recognition at 11 years old

Answer 8

might be due to hormonal changes

Question 9

short-term memory in adolescence

Answer 9

Increases steadily because,
capacity grows
familiarity and schooling

Question 10

memory strategies child vs adolescent

Answer 10

child:
rehearsal
adolescent:
organization and elaboration

Question 11

3 important characteristics adolescents general intellectual ability:

Answer 11

1. general intellectual abilities improve
2. different speed of development intellectual abilities
3. IQ is generally stable

Question 12

fluid intelligence

Answer 12

ability to think and reason abstractly