Cognitive Development of High School Learners

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What is the main characteristic of Piaget's Formal Operational Stage?

Inability to formulate general ideas involving numbers and cause-effect

Ability to think hypothetically and entertain what-if possibilities (correct)

Lack of spatial awareness and abstract thinking

Capacity to think only in concrete visible events

What are the cognitive structures of Piaget's Formal Operational Stage characterized by?

General ideas about the good, true, and beautiful

Spatial awareness, verbal fluency, language, planning

Identity, Negation, Reciprocity, Correlativity (correct)

Concrete visible events, spatial awareness, abstract thinking

What is the focus of propositional thinking in Piaget's Formal Operational Stage?

Thinking hypothetically and entertaining what-if possibilities

Making assertions outside visual evidence (correct)

Thinking only in concrete visible events

Formulating general ideas involving numbers and cause-effect

Which brain development process is associated with executive functions related to attention, verbal fluency, language, and planning?

Myelination of correlated temporal and parietal areas Signup and view all the answers

At what age do neurological scientists identify a peak in brain maturation coinciding with operational thinking processes for logical reasoning?

15 Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the changes in thinking patterns during adolescence?

Acquisition of new skills due to brain's increasing weight and refining synaptic connections (corpus callosum) Signup and view all the answers

Which aspect of cognitive development is associated with the pre-frontal cortex and temporal and parietal areas?

Process of continuous concentration of brain cell in pre-frontal cortex and temporal and parietal areas (myelination) Signup and view all the answers

Which developmental period is characterized by a shift from egocentric thoughts to more abstract thinking?

Decrease in egocentric thoughts and shift to more abstract thinking Signup and view all the answers

What process involves a pruning and strengthening process in the brain involving numbers, order, and cause-effect?

Pruning and strengthening process involving numbers, order, and cause-effect Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of the three peaks of maturation at the age of 12, 15, and 18.5 in brain development?

Three peaks of maturation at the age of 12, 15, and 18.5 Signup and view all the answers

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What is the main characteristic of Piaget's Formal Operational Stage?

What are the cognitive structures of Piaget's Formal Operational Stage characterized by?

What is the focus of propositional thinking in Piaget's Formal Operational Stage?

Which brain development process is associated with executive functions related to attention, verbal fluency, language, and planning?

At what age do neurological scientists identify a peak in brain maturation coinciding with operational thinking processes for logical reasoning?

What is one of the changes in thinking patterns during adolescence?

Which aspect of cognitive development is associated with the pre-frontal cortex and temporal and parietal areas?

Which developmental period is characterized by a shift from egocentric thoughts to more abstract thinking?

What process involves a pruning and strengthening process in the brain involving numbers, order, and cause-effect?

What is the significance of the three peaks of maturation at the age of 12, 15, and 18.5 in brain development?

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