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Adolescent Egocentrism and Counterfactual Thinking

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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?

Concrete operations

Preoperational period

Sensori motor period

Formal operations (correct)

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?

Attention Signup and view all the answers

What does the information-processing view of adolescent thinking emphasize for cognitive development?

Growth of specific thinking components Signup and view all the answers

Which term is used in the text to describe thinking not only about how things actually are but also about what might have been?

Counterfactual thinking Signup and view all the answers

What imaging technique is used to produce images of the brain while a subject is performing a mental task?

fMRI Signup and view all the answers

What is synaptic pruning?

The deletion of unnecessary synapses Signup and view all the answers

Which brain structure is significantly pruned during adolescence?

Prefrontal cortex Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of myelination in the brain?

Creates fatty substances surrounding neuron axons Signup and view all the answers

Which type of plasticity involves the malleability of the brain during developmental periods?

Developmental plasticity Signup and view all the answers

What occurs as a result of limbic system changes happening earlier than prefrontal cortex changes?

Higher emotional responsiveness Signup and view all the answers