Chapter 2

As a result of mentalizing and developing a theory of mind, adolescents become

more skilled at telling lies to parents and peers

Your professor asks you to develop a series of questions for your classmates that are within their zone of proximal development. Which is the best way to describe these questions?

challenging without being at frustration level

Adolescents whose scores on a conventional IQ test rise higher than those of their peers will probably

have undergone more. synaptic pruning than their peers have

Changes in the limbic system during adolescence may cause

increased risk taking

At about what age do adolescents score as well as adults on tests of working memory and logical reasoning?

15

Who of the following is probably an adolescent (and not a child)?

Frank, who appraises his reading composition before starting the next chapter

Teenagers may become extremely self-conscious because they believe that people are talking about them. Which characteristic are they exhibiting?

an imaginary audience

According to the textbook, the main contributor to the increased rate of automobile accidents among teenagers is

driving with other teenagers in the car

Which of the following terms apply more to adolescent thought than to childhood thought?

flexible, speculative, abstract

One type of structural change in the brain has to do with changes in the levels of grey and white matter in the brain. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

gray matter decreases while white matter increases