PSYB20H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: David Elkind, Imaginary Audience, Egocentrism
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Week 12 chapter 15: cognitive development in adolescence. Vocabulary continues to grow as reading matter becomes more adult. By ages 16 to 18 the average person kows approximately 80,000 words. Changes in the way adolescents process information reflect the maturation of the brain"s frontal lobes and may help explain the cognitive advances piaget described. Researchers have identified two broad categories of measurable change in information processing: structural change and functional change. In adolescence may include growth of information-processing capacity and an increase in the amount of knowledge stored in long-term memory. Processes for obtaining, handling, and retaining information, and involve learning, remembering, and reasoning = improve during adolescence. Among the most important functional changes are continued increase in processing speed and further development of executive function = includes selective attention, decision making, inhibitory control of impulsive responses, and management of working memory.
