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