PS276 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Decision Theory, Takers
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5 ways adolescents are smarter than children: adolescents are better able than children to think about what is possible, instead of limiting their thought to what is real. Their thinking is less bound to concrete events. Example: children do not wonder how their personalities might change in the future, adolescents do. Deductive reasoning: type of logical reasoning in which you draw logically necessary conclusions from a general set of premises, or givens (deductive reasoning is seldom used before adolescence) Hypothetical thinking: ( if-then thinking) helps young people take the perspective of others and also helps in formulating and arguing a viewpoint: adolescents are better able than children to think about abstract things. Abstract thinking is things that cannot be experienced directly through the senses. Seen in the adolescent"s increased facility and interest in thinking about interpersonal relationships and topics that involve abstract concepts like friendship: adolescents think more often than children about the process of thinking itself.
