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What is the term used to describe the belief that your experiences are unique during adolescence?
What is the term used to describe the belief that your experiences are unique during adolescence?
- Metacognition
- Personal fable (correct)
- Adolescent egocentrism
- Imaginary audience
According to the Piagetian view, at what stage of cognitive development do adolescents develop formal operational thinking?
According to the Piagetian view, at what stage of cognitive development do adolescents develop formal operational thinking?
- Concrete operations
- Preoperational period
- Sensori motor period
- Formal operations (correct)
What is a characteristic of adolescent egocentrism as described in the text?
What is a characteristic of adolescent egocentrism as described in the text?
- Selective and divided attention
- Thinking about possibilities and abstract concepts
- Extreme self-absorption (correct)
- Low self-awareness
Which aspect of cognitive development in adolescents focuses on selective and divided attention, as well as impulse control?
Which aspect of cognitive development in adolescents focuses on selective and divided attention, as well as impulse control?
What does the information-processing view of adolescent thinking emphasize for cognitive development?
What does the information-processing view of adolescent thinking emphasize for cognitive development?
Which term is used in the text to describe thinking not only about how things actually are but also about what might have been?
Which term is used in the text to describe thinking not only about how things actually are but also about what might have been?
What imaging technique is used to produce images of the brain while a subject is performing a mental task?
What imaging technique is used to produce images of the brain while a subject is performing a mental task?
What is synaptic pruning?
What is synaptic pruning?
Which brain structure is significantly pruned during adolescence?
Which brain structure is significantly pruned during adolescence?
What is the role of myelination in the brain?
What is the role of myelination in the brain?
Which type of plasticity involves the malleability of the brain during developmental periods?
Which type of plasticity involves the malleability of the brain during developmental periods?
What occurs as a result of limbic system changes happening earlier than prefrontal cortex changes?
What occurs as a result of limbic system changes happening earlier than prefrontal cortex changes?
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