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Five Main Changes In Thinking
Possibilities, abstracts, about thinking, dimensions, relativism
Invincibility Fable
The idea adolescents may hold that they are invincible and cannot come to harm
Hidden Audience
Idea adolescents may hold that everyone else is always watching and judging them
Adult Plasticity
The ability of adults to restructure their brain and form new ideas
Autobiographical memory
One’s memory of themself and their own life events
Brain Function
The function of the brain
Brain structure
The structure of the brain
Cognitive-developmental view
View that there are several stages of cognitive growth that occur throughout development, including through adolescence
Concrete operations
Concrete operations are a phase of cognitive development posed by Piaget, which includes object permanence, conservation, and indicative logic.
Developmental Plasticity
Extensive remodeling of a developing brain based on experiences during childhood and adolescence.
Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Brain imaging technique that shows connections between regions
Divided Attention
The ability to pay attention to two or more stimuli at once
Dopamine
A neurotransmitter especially important for the reward circut
Executive Function
A collection of skills associated with logical reasoning and self regulation, ranging from attention and processing speed to cognitive flexibility and emotional regulation.
Formal Operations
Piaget’s final cognitive developmental stage, defined by the ability to think abstractly, use deductive reasoning, and problem solve more efficiently.
Functional Connectivity
The extent that multiple brain regions can operate at the same time to work as a team to process information
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Imaging technique that displays what part(s) of the brain are being used, often for specific tasks.
Limbic System
The area of the brain responsible for processing emotions, social information, and reward and punishment.
Long-term memory
Memories stored from long ago
Mentalizing
The ability to understand someone else’s mental state
Metacognition
The ability to think about thinking, and one’s own thoughts and experiences.
Myelination
The process of building up an axon’s myelin sheath, which speeds up information processing.
Preoperational Stage
Stage involving the development of language and symbolic thought, but still struggling with logic.
Reminiscence Bump
Experiences in adolescence are more likely to be remembered clearly later in life
Response Inhibition
The ability to suppress inappropriate behavior.
Scaffolding
Structuring a learning experience so it is within reach of the student.
Selective Attention
The ability to regulate one’s attention to focus on the important think at hand while tuning out other information.
Sensation Seeking
Pursuit of novel and exciting experiences
Sensorimotor period
First Piaget operational stage, includes the development of object permanence and the beginnings of language and symbolic thought.
Serotonin
Neurotransmitter that influences the experience of different moods
Social Cognition
Thought about other people and social situations
Theory of Mind
Ability to understand other people have beliefs, intentions, and knowledge different from their own.
Working Memory
Short term memory used briefly to remember information need again shortly following the information is learned.
Zone of Proximal Development
When a task is slightly more difficult than the child can already do, it encourages the child to learn new skills to complete the task, especially with the assistance of a more experienced mentor.
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