15-Adolescence-Cognitive11 – 18 years

Jr. High & High school - Teenage years

Jennifer has a small pimple, and thinks everyone in school will notice it.

• This is an example of?• A. Adolescent egocentrism• B. The personal fable• C. School phobia• D. Deductive reasoning

Jennifer has a small pimple, and thinks everyone in school will notice it.

• This is an example of?• A. Adolescent egocentrism• B. The personal fable• C. School phobia• D. Deductive reasoning

_________ reflects one’s ability to work her or his way from a general statement

or concept to specific details.

A. Abstract thinking

B. Inductive reasoning

C. Deductive reasoning

D. Metacognition

_________ reflects one’s ability to work her or his way from a general statement

or concept to specific details.

A. Abstract thinking

B. Inductive reasoning

C. Deductive reasoning

D. Metacognition

Twee is in high school and is very concerned with wearing the right clothes, having the right phone, etc. to fit into her peer group. She feels that if she doesn’t have the right kind of shoes, everyone will

notice and laugh at her. Twee is responding to:

A. the imaginary audience.

B. the personal fable.

C. the invincibility fable.

Twee is in high school and is very concerned with wearing the right clothes, having the right phone, etc. to fit into her peer group. She feels that if she doesn’t have the right kind of shoes, everyone will

notice and laugh at her. Twee is responding to:

A. the imaginary audience.

B. the personal fable.

C. the invincibility fable.

When Jim speeds down the freeway under the influence of alcohol, he is demonstrating which

aspect of adolescent egocentrism?

A. invincibility fable

B. personal fable

C. imaginary audience

D. stupidity fable

When Jim speeds down the freeway under the influence of alcohol, he is demonstrating which

aspect of adolescent egocentrism?

A. invincibility fable

B. personal fable

C. imaginary audience

D. stupidity fable

Mario reads about a study in which tumors were shrunk in rats. From that study, he

begins to consider how the same process could be used to treat different sorts of tumors in

adults. This is an example of:

A. the imaginary audience.

B. inductive reasoning.

C. adolescent arrogance.

D. personal fable.

Mario reads about a study in which tumors were shrunk in rats. From that study, he

begins to consider how the same process could be used to treat different sorts of tumors in

adults. This is an example of:

A. the imaginary audience.

B. inductive reasoning.

C. adolescent arrogance.

D. personal fable.

Jera’s friends want her to skip school to go to the beach. She thinks about the benefits and risks of her options, and she decides not to

skip classes. Jera has demonstrated:

A. analytical thought.

B. intuitive thought.

C. deductive thought.

D. infallible thought.

Jera’s friends want her to skip school to go to the beach. She thinks about the benefits and risks of her options, and she decides not to

skip classes. Jera has demonstrated:

A. analytical thought.

B. intuitive thought.

C. deductive thought.

D. infallible thought.

• Lin’s boyfriend broke up with her. She is devastated, and thinks her feelings are unique; no one else could possible understand.

• She is experiencing:– A. Personal fable– B. Egocentrism– C. Imaginary audience– D. Egocentrism

• Lin’s boyfriend broke up with her. She is devastated, and thinks her feelings are unique; no one else could possible understand.

• She is experiencing:– A. Personal fable– B. Egocentrism– C. Imaginary audience– D. Egocentrism

• Jim always buys lottery tickets, and thinks if he does that long enough, he may win, and has dreams of what to do with his winnings.

• (Odds of winning is 1 in 7,000,000)

• Jim is guilty of • A. Base rate neglect• B. Sunk cost fallacy• C. Deductive reasoning• D. None of the above

• Jim always buys lottery tickets, and thinks if he does that long enough, he may win, and has dreams of what to do with his winnings.

• (Odds of winning is 1 in 7,000,000)

• Jim is guilty of • A. Base rate neglect• B. Sunk cost fallacy• C. Deductive reasoning• D. None of the above

• Martha’s friends are spreading rumors and insults about her via text messages, emails, and Facebook pages. They are engaging in:

• A. Spamming• B. Phishing• C. Cyberbullying• D. Hacking

• Martha’s friends are spreading rumors and insults about her via text messages, emails, and Facebook pages. They are engaging in:

• A. Spamming• B. Phishing• C. Cyberbullying• D. Hacking

• Mohammad has been majoring in accounting for three years, and has found he thinks it is dull and boring. However, he reasons, “I have put so much time into this I should just keep going, even though I dislike it.”

• He is guilty of• A. Base rate neglect• B. Sunk cost fallacy• C. Magical thinking• D. None of the above

• Mohammad has been majoring in accounting for three years, and has found he thinks it is dull and boring. However, he reasons, “I have put so much time into this I should just keep going, even though I dislike it.”

• He is guilty of• A. Base rate neglect• B. Sunk cost fallacy• C. Magical thinking• D. None of the above

Video: Adolescence-Cognitive What do you need help with?

What topics do you need help with?

• A. Egocentrism– Personal fable– Imaginary audience– Invincibility fable

• B. Hypothetical thought• C. Intuitive thought• D. Thinking fallacies– Base rate neglect fallacy– Sunk cost fallacy

• E. I understand

What topics do you need help with?

• A. Cyberbullying• B. Negative specialties• C. Types of reasoning– Inductive– Deductive

• D. I understand

• Are there any issues you had with your parents, your school work, your friends, or your romantic involvements in the last year of high school that continued to be issues for you in college?

• Reflect on your own personality, interests and cognitive abilities at the time you graduated high school. How did these personality characteristics and abilities manifest themselves in subsequent years?

• How have they changed since your high school days, if at all?

How does adolescent egocentrism differ from early childhood egocentrism? What

effect does this have on the teenager?