Jackie has difficulty concentrating on her math homework, but is able to spend hours composing and playing music on her computer, illustrating what psychologist Deana Kuhn called
a. selective attention.
b. sustained attention.
c. executive control.
d. managing and deploying cognitive resources.
Question 2Advances in information processing ability in adolescence includes a strong ________ component.
a. peer-related
b. negative
c. motivational
d. physical
Question 3The ability to reflect consciously and deliberately on ones own cognitive processes is known as
a. hypothetico-deductive reasoning.
b. metacognitive understanding.
c. formal operational thinking.
d. reasoning about true premises.
Question 4Studies in which Inhelder and Piagets classic tasks are administered to people of a variety of ages and backgrounds indicate that formal operational reasoning
a. is found consistently after age 15-16 (10th grade).
b. is found among the majority of adults but not teenagers.
c. is found mainly in areas where a person has developed considerable expertise.
d. is found only among highly trained scientists and philosophers.
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