Unit 5 Exam (C14 - C16)

Thinking or drawing conclusions based on past personal experience, emotions, or a hunch is referred to as "_____."

intuitive thought

The term imaginary audience refers to adolescents' _____.

belief that everyone is watching their behavior and appearance

Which term refers to the ability to begin with specifics, such as accumulated facts, and then make general conclusions?

inductive reasoning

The belief that one cannot be harmed by things that would hurt someone else is referred to as "_____."

the invincibility fable

Jean Piaget called the reasoning that characterizes adolescence "_____."

formal operational thought

Piaget's scale-balancing problem requires _____ thought.

analytic

The tendency of people of all ages to seek immediate rewards rather than gaining larger rewards after a delay is referred to as:

delay discounting.

The notion that two networks exist within the human brain, one for emotional and one for analytical processing of stimuli, is called "the _____ model."

dual-processing

Reasoning that includes propositions and possibilities that may not reflect reality defines _____.

hypothetical thought

Using _____ thinking, a person might think, "If it barks like a dog and wags its tail like a dog, it must be a dog."

inductive

All Christians believe in the Bible, and Isa is a Christian; therefore, Isa believes in the Bible. This is an example of _____ reasoning.

deductive

During adolescence, impulsivity declines and analytic thinking _____.

increases

Seventeen-year-old Runar drinks heavily and drives dangerously fast, believing that they cannot be hurt. Runar is demonstrating _____.

the invincibility fable

Faunus has heard repeatedly from their parents about the potential dangers of drinking alcohol, yet at a party they gladly accept a beer from a classmate. Faunus thinks that this classmate is one of the most popular students at school. In this situation, what type of thinking is MOST likely dominating Faunus' decision to accept the alcoholic drink?

intuitive thought

When Piaget and his colleagues asked children of different ages to balance a scale using several different weights, they found that by age _____.

13 or 14, logic is used to understand a reciprocal relationship