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childhood -> adolescence correct answers -puberty -increases in abstract thinking -desire for independence adolescence -> emerging adulthood correct answers -identity exploration -instability -self-focused -feel "in-between" Aristotle correct answers argued that adolescence is when...

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PSY 334 EXAM 1 UNLV RACHAEL ROBNETT || A+
GRADED ALREADY.
childhood -> adolescence correct answers -puberty
-increases in abstract thinking
-desire for independence

adolescence -> emerging adulthood correct answers -identity exploration
-instability
-self-focused
-feel "in-between"

Aristotle correct answers argued that adolescence is when reasoning emerges

Middle ages correct answers children/adolescents viewed as miniature adults, harshly disciplined

Rousseau correct answers argued that childhood and adolescence do not equal adulthood

G Stanley Hall correct answers -first to study adolescence
-storm and stress view
-shaped by biology (darwin)

Margaret Mead correct answers -adolescence influence by society not biology
-studied Samoa

stereotypes about adolescents correct answers -abnormal/deviant
-rebellious
-"storm and stress"
-lack morality
-self-centered

adolescent generalization gap correct answers not a lot of adolescents present in media attention,
not fairly represented for those who don't have contact with the norm

short generational memory correct answers not remembering what it was like, can no longer
relate

cross-sectional research correct answers study several age groups at the same time

longitudinal research correct answers study same individuals over time

developmental changes at neuron level correct answers -myelination
-synaptogenesis
-neurotransmitters

, corpus callosum correct answers thickens during adolescence, faster information processing

prefrontal cortex correct answers frontal lobes of the brain (reasoning, decision-making, self-
control) continues to develop through EA

amygdala correct answers controls emotions (fear, anger, aggression, excitement), abnormal
functioning (anxiety DOs), develops before prefrontal cortex

parts of a neuron correct answers -cell body
-nucleus
-axon
-dendrites
-myelin sheath
-terminal button

Piaget's 4 stages of cognitive development correct answers -sensorimotor
-preoperational
-concrete operational
-formal operational

sensorimotor stage correct answers -birth-2 years
-coordinating sensory experiences

pre operational stage correct answers -2-7 years
-symbolic thinking, represent world with words, images, and drawings

concrete operational stage correct answers -7-11 years
-children can reason logically
-classification

formal operational stage correct answers -11 years to adulthood
-reasoning in more abstract, idealistic, and logical ways

Vygotsky's theory correct answers -knowledge is distributed among people and their
environments
-strong emphasis on sociocultural context

zone of proximal development (ZPD) correct answers the range of tasks that are too difficult for
an individual to master alone, but can be mastered with the guidance and assistance of adults or
more skilled peers

attention correct answers -selective attention
-divided attention
-sustained attention
-executive attention

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