CHIL101 – CH15 – Flashcards
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Adolescent egocentrism
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The thinking that leads young people to focus on themselves to the exclusion of others.
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At what age would you expect acute self-consciousness to be at its highest?
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Twelve (12)
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The invincibility fable and the imaginary audience are both related to:
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Adolescent egocentrism
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Julie is obsessed with how others will react to her behavior and appearance. It takes her several hours to dress in the morning as she considers what both her friends and her enemies will think of her. Julie's behavior reflects the power of:
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the imaginary audience
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Randy is in the stage of _______ if his thinking is no longer dependant on concrete experiences.
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Formal operational thought
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Inductive reasoning
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The thought process that involves using one or more specific experiences or facts to reach a general conclusion.
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Dual-process model
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The notion that two networks exist within the brain, one for emotional and one for analytical processing of stimuli.
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In a study of adolescent thinking, Klaczynski concluded that:
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teenagers can use logic, but most did not.
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Marrisa decided to drive her car to Las Vegas rather than fly after reading a story about a plane crash. This common fallacy is called:
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Base rate neglect
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When it comes to religion:
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most adolescents feel close to God.
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Secondary education refers to:
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grades 7 through 12
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Developmentalists suspect that one reason for the slowdown in academic achievement that is seen in middle schools is:
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the lack of connection to teachers.
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The findings of a study of middle school students in Los Angeles suggest that __________ makes students feel safer and less lonely.
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having someone to blame
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Which statement about the use of the Internet and other forms of technology is true?
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They can be used as tools for learning.
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High schools today:
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often require most students to take two years of math beyond algebra.
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David Elkind
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First theorist to describe adolescent egocentrism
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Personal fable
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The aspect of adolescent egocentrism characterized by the adolescent's belief that his or her thoughts, feelings, and experiences are unique.
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Invincibility fable
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The adolescent's belief that he or she cannot be overcome or even harmed by anything that might defeat a normal mortal.
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Thirteen-year-old Mark refuses to go to school because he has a pimple. He is convinced that everyone will make fun of him. Mark's behavior is an example of:
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Imaginary audience.
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The individual who engages in hypothetical thought clearly demonstrates an understanding of the word:
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"if"
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Concluding that a four-legged furry animal that wags its tail when it is happy and that likes to fetch sticks is a dog would be an example of:
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Inductive reasoning
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Intuitive
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the type of thought that begins with a prior belief, past experience, or common assumption, rather than a logical premise.
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Sunk cost fallacy
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"Throwing good money after bad" is a phrase often used when we put more and more money into something that really was not worth it in the first place. - explains why we often do not choose to "cut our losses"?
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Base rate neglect
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A common fallacy in which a person ignores statistical information about the frequency of a phenomenon and instead makes an emotionally based decision.
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According to a study by Smith and Denton (2005), what percentage of adolescents report that they are not religious?
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16%
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Vern just entered high school this year. Recently he has been skipping a lot of classes and is starting to vandalize property at night with his friends. These behaviors could be a sign that Vern is experiencing:
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Stress
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Today's "digital divide":
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separates young from old.
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Cyberbullying
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Bullying that occurs when one person spreads insults or rumors about another by means of e-mails, text messages, or the Internet.
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High-stakes testing as a requirement for high school graduation potentially results in:
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more dropouts.
