Cognitive & Socioemotional Dev in Adolescence

Question 1

formal operations

Answer 1

• piaget’s final stage of cog dev

- characterized by abstract thinking & hypothetico-deductive reasoning

Question 2

hypothetico-deductive reasoning

Answer 2

scientific thinking characteristic of formal operations stage

Question 3

pendulum problem

Answer 3

• piaget’s method of testing hypothetico-deductive reasoning
• 4 different string lengths & object weights
• must develop hypotheses about what will affect pendulum speed, then create pendulum and test hypotheses

Question 4

myelination in adolescence

Answer 4

• completed by end of adolescence

- results in faster cog processing

Question 5

changes in judgement & decision

Answer 5

• shifts from limbic system (emotional center) to frontal lobe
• this leads to better impulse control

Question 6

age that~ brain finishes developing

Answer 6

~30

Question 7

identity vs. identity confusion stage

Answer 7

• erikson’s adolescent stage of socioemotional dev

- james marcia built off of this

Question 8

4 identity statuses

Answer 8

• created by James Marcia (1980) to describe how adolescents develop their identity

Question 9

crisis

Answer 9

period of exploration and decision-making

Question 10

commitment

Answer 10

plan of action

Question 11

identity diffusion

Answer 11

• no crisis (no decisions/exploration about identity) or commitment (no action related to identity)
• can lead to apathy/risky behaviors if retained long term

Question 12

identity moratorium

Answer 12

• crisis (exploring, no decisions yet) without commitment (no action related to identity)

Question 13

identity foreclosure

Answer 13

• no crisis (no exploration) with commitment (prematurely decided on identity)
• can lead to harmful inflexible thinking if retained long term

Question 14

identity achievement

Answer 14

• crisis (exploration) with commitment (exploration leads to a decision on identity)