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Ch 16: Cognitive development in adolescence (Memory (Short-term (Memory…
Ch 16: Cognitive development in adolescence
Introduction
Generally portrayed as a menace to society, not true, adolescent thinking is starting to have process, structure and content
Perception and attention
Perception increases in flexibility, able to see both versions in optical illusions
Selective attention, adolescents are better at it. Ex: cards having both animals and tools
Speed of processing
Carrying out mental tasks, develops rapidly during childhood because of myelination
Memory
Short-term
Memory required for a short period of time
Working memory if combined with long-term
Long-term memory
Events and experiences, gives you the ability to use things without thinking
Memory strategies
Children tend to stay with the same one, older children use several ex: chunking
Intelligence
Crystallised and fluid
Flynn effect
Rapid development in beginning, once the brain has connections, takes out others and stability development
Reasoning
Deductive (top-down) and inductive (bottom-up)
Syllogism, (statements)
Analogical
Comparing to previous resolved ones
Formal operational thinking
Abstract thought
Conceptualising relation between reality and possibility
Apprentice scientists, taking away strategies
Balance scale and pendulum problems
Controversies about Piaget's theory and research regarding formal operational thought
All adolescents reach this stage?
Some may not, more of a gradual thinking, not stage
Experience
Piaget thought that culture and training had little effect, complete mistake
Cross-generational gains
Combinatorial strategies the most efficient, correlates with IQ
Beyond Piaget's theory
Adolescents use different strategies depending on the difficulty level, siegler
Intuitive scientists, so not too much research before making conclusions