PSYC 3500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Egocentrism, Metacognition, Limbic System
30 Dec 2014
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Three fundamental changes that occur during adolecents is: biological changes; transition into social roles and changes in cognition. Correct answer is yes: but what if all hockey players wear mouth gaurds. Imaginary audience involves having such a hightend sense of self-conscious that the teenager imagines that his or her bbehaviour is the focus of everyone elses attention. Cognitive development proceeds through 4 stages: sensiomotor period from birth-age 2, preoperational period age 2-around age 5, concrete operations age 6-early adolescents, formal operations adoleceence through adulthood, foundation for this stage requires ability to use abstract logical reasoning. Information processing view of adolescent thinking: derives from the study of artificial intelligence and attempts to explain cognitive development in terms of the growth of specific components of the thinking process such as memory. Adoclences may use diff parts of the brain than children when performing the same tasks.
