Life Span Psych-Quiz 5

Formal Operational stage

think abstractly and hypothetically, use hypothetical-deductive reasoning, use metacognition

metacognition

explain why and what you are thinking

adolescent egocentrism

imaginary audience and personal fable

imaginary audience

belief that people are always watching and judging you

personal fable

believe that they are the only ones with that experience or rules do not apply to them

social cognition

ability to understand human psych, describe other people, and adopt other perspectives

Kohlberg’s Moral Reasoning

moral development is based on moral reasoning and cognitive development, has 6 stages

stage 1

avoiding punishment, “will I get in trouble”

stage 2

personal gain/reward, “what will I gain from this”

stage 3

want approval and relationships, bad/good person

stage 4

rules and maintaining order, rules are needed

stage 5

rights and fairness, sometimes rules can be broken

stage 6

internal moral principles, hard to achieve