A Child's World: Infancy through Adolescence, 9/e

Diane E. Papalia, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sally Wendkos Olds
Ruth Duskin Feldman

Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Fill in the Blank Quiz


1		formal operations: In Piaget's theory, the final stage of cognitive development, characterized by the ability to think .


2		hypothetical- reasoning: Ability, believed by Piaget to accompany the stage of formal operations, to develop, consider, and test hypotheses.


3		: In Elkind's terminology, an observer who exists only in an adolescent's mind and is as concerned with the adolescent's thoughts and actions as the adolescent is.


4		personal : In Elkind's terminology, conviction that one is special, unique, and not subject to the rules that govern the rest of the world.


5		preconventional morality: First level of Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning, in which control is external and rules are obeyed in order to gain rewards or avoid .


6		conventional morality or morality of conventional role conformity: Second level in Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning, in which the standards of authority figures are .


7		postconventional morality or morality of : Third level in Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning, in which people follow internally held moral principles of right and wrong, fairness, and justice, and can decide among conflicting moral standards.


8		social : Family and community resources upon which a person can draw.

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