PS276 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Deductive Reasoning, Egocentrism, Relativism
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Adolescents able to think about what is possible, not limiting thought to what is real (abstract thinking) Adolescents think more than children about the process of thinking itself. Adolescent thinking more often multidimensional, rather than limited to a single issue. Adolescents more likely to see things as relative, rather than absolute. Adolescents able to consider what they observe against a backdrop of what is possible. As a young child, you are just who you are but as an adolescent who you are is just one possibility of who you could be. Adolescents don"t necessarily become more argumentative but rather better arguers. Deductive reasoning (draw conclusions from general set of premises) Hypothetical thinking enables young person to take perspective of others by enabling them to think through what someone else might be thinking or feeling, given the person"s point of view.
