Question 1

The statement "If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck" is an example of _____.

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inductive reasoning

Question 2

Two modes of information processing advance during adolescence. One mode is analytic thought and the other mode is _____.

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intuitive thought

Question 3

An adolescent girl suffers great discomfort at having to go to math class with wet hair after her swimming class because she feels that all eyes are on her. This girl, like many adolescents, is responding to a(n) _____.

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imaginary audience

Question 4

Drake, an adolescent, drank six energy drinks in 3 minutes. Even though he started to experience heart palpitations, he believed that he would not suffer any ill effects. His certainty resulted from his _____.

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Question 5

Luis is in the 7th grade. If he is typical, he attends a(n) _____ school.

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Question 6

When thinking about possibilities that may or may not reflect reality, an adolescent can use _____ thought.

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Question 7

Piaget referred to the stage of cognitive development that involves the ability to think logically about abstract ideas as _____ thought.

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Question 8

One survey found that almost one-third of all high school students use technology more than _____ hours a day beyond school hours.

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Question 9

_____ reasoning involves using specific experiences to form a general conclusion.

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Question 10

In _____ reasoning, one begins with a general premise and draws logical, specific conclusions from it.

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Question 11

_____ thought arises from beliefs and assumptions rather than a logical premise.

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Question 12

Young adolescents think intensely about themselves and what others think about them. David Elkind described this as adolescent _____.

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Question 13

An adult recalls taking large risks as an adolescent, never considering the consequences of being caught and ignoring the advice of others. His behavior can be explained by the _____ fable of adolescence.

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Question 14

A common fallacy in which people ignore information about the frequency of a phenomenon is referred to as _____ neglect.

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Question 15

Every nation is experiencing an increasing number of students in _____ schools.

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Question 16

Eight-year-old Eduardo is learning multiplication of real numbers because he is in the _____ operational stage of cognitive development.

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Question 17

Due to egocentrism, young adolescents consider themselves to be_____, special, and admired or disliked more than they actually are.

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Question 18

Sixteen-year-old Clarissa is learning to multiply unreal numbers because she is in the _____ operational stage of cognitive development.

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Question 19

For many students, academic achievement _____ and behavioral problems increase during middle school.

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Question 20

Adolescent victims of cyberbullying are particularly likely to suffer from _____.

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Quiz 15: Seciton 2: Adolescence: Cognitive Development