Is good decision making linked to age?

Yes The older you are the better decision you make

What does NOT define Critical Thinking?

Disregarding the perspectives of others

What is not biological sign of puberty?

The body overall releases less hormones

What best defines a valid decision making process?

Integrating information from multiple perspectives

Adolescent Ego centrism is defined as:

Teenagers believe an imaginary audience watching them

speed of processing and reacting to information

Crystallized intelligence is best defined as:

accumulated knowledge and enhanced judgment over time

Optimistic Bias is the belief that

horrible things will only happen to other people

What is one benefit of perspective taking?

It is linked to the ability to make friends

Adolescents often believe in the "personal fable" meaning:

My life is so unique that nobody can understand me

What is one important concept in the Behavioral Decision Theory?

Assess the likelihood of each consequence

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Adolescent Psychology

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1
What are the key characteristics of the Formal Operations stage under Piaget's model?
Coordination of senses with motor response
Abstract logic and reasoning
Time, Space and Quantity are understood and can be applied
Symbolic thinking, use of proper syntax and grammar
2
Is good decision making linked to age?
Yes The older you are the better decision you make
No link to age
Yes. The younger you are the better decisions you make
No such thing as a good decision
3
What does NOT define Critical Thinking?
Making Judgments
Disregarding the perspectives of others
Relating it to other information
Analyzing information
4
Which stage does Piaget consider a person in who is 11 or older?
Concrete Operational
Preoperational
Formal Operations
Sensorimotor
5
What is not biological sign of puberty?
The Pituitary Gland releases more hormones
The body overall releases less hormones
Significant growth spurts
Facial and underarm hair growth
6
What best defines a valid decision making process?
Integrating information from multiple perspectives
Not considering all choices and consequences
Doing what your friends would do
Eenie Meenie Minie Moe
7
What is the psychometric approach?
measuring how psychotic a person is
measuring intelligence
measuring the changes in the infant brain
analyzing mental health disorders
8
Adolescent Ego centrism is defined as:
Teenagers not caring about the thoughts of others
Teenagers having personality disorders
Teenagers believe an imaginary audience watching them
Teenagers having no friends
9
What factors influence the onset of puberty?
When your friends reach puberty
The kind of music you like
IQ
Socioeconomic Status
10
In North Africa and the Middle East, adolescents are influenced by the
Patriarchal Society of Islam
Individualism
Filial Piety
Matriarchal Society of Islam
11
Fluid intelligence
Ability to be flexible
speed of processing and reacting to information
Ability to be resilient
Ability to memorize
12
By age 6 the brain is _____ % of its size
80
95
70
50
13
Which of the following is NOT considered a type of intelligence
Interpersonal
Logical
Spatial
Psychic
14
What is the major communication shift the occurs between parents and adolescents?
From touching to talking
From open communication to becoming withdrawn
From talking to touching
From arguing to agreeing
15
How we think about other people, relations and institution is best defined as
Social Cognition
Intelligence Quotient
Behavioral Decision Theory
Positive Reinforcement
16
Crystallized intelligence is best defined as:
Ability to see the future
Your spatial intelligence
accumulated knowledge and enhanced judgment over time
Speed at which you answer quesions
17
Which set of beliefs most closely influence adolescent life in Asia?
Hindu Caste System
Patriarchal society of Islam
Individualism
Filial Piety and Confucius
18
Optimistic Bias is the belief that
horrible things will only happen to me
good things only happen to other people
horrible things will only happen to other people
good things only happen to me
19
What is one benefit of perspective taking?
It is linked to the ability to make friends
Will help you excel in understanding physical space
It helps your mathematical reasoning
There is no benefit. Better to just think about yourself.
20
What age range is considered early adolescence?
10-14
18-25
8-10
15-18
21
Adolescents often believe in the "personal fable" meaning:
I am not unique
Nobody cares about how I look
My life is so unique that nobody can understand me
My life is so common that I'm boring
22
What is one important concept in the Behavioral Decision Theory?
Assess the likelihood of each consequence
Ignore the thoughts and feelings of others
Go with your gut
Ask your friends what to do
23
What age is considered the end of adolescence?
21
18
16
25
24
At what age do you need to "use it or lose it" because of synapses pruning?
0-5
21-25
5-10
12-20

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