Some researchers have modified Piaget's methods to assess adolescent formal operational
thought. For example, researchers have presented early and late adolescents social dilemmas
that are relevant (e.g.
, not being invited to birthday party) and less relevant (e.g., avoiding a
tax audit). Briefly describe the differences between early and late adolescent thought in this
type of study.
What will be an ideal response?
Early adolescents will not display formal thinking in either situation, older adolescents
will only pass the relevant tasks.
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a. insulting their partners b. domineering behavior c. dropping hints d. ridicule
Aversive conditioning belongs in the category of:
a. Gestalt therapy. b. psychoanalysis. c. classical conditioning therapies. d. operant conditioning therapies.
What is the correct term for a baby that is newborn?
a) fetus b) embryo c) neonate d) infant
Which statement summarizes what William Perry (1999) believes about the cognitive level displayed by the typical adolescent?