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In Howard Gardner's view,highly skilled dancers,athletes,and surgeons are all likely to have unusually high _____ intelligence.

A) musical
B) experiential
C) kinesthetic
D) global

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Kurt Fischer's approach to cognitive development differs from Piaget's in

A) focusing on coordinated skills rather than stages.
B) giving a less important role to the social environment.
C) maintaining that different areas of cognitive functioning develop evenly.
D) rejecting the idea of sensorimotor intelligence.

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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What are the important elements of critical thinking,and how do they improve during adolescence?

"My enemy's enemy is my friend" is an example of a

According to Piaget,young adolescents enter the stage of _____,in which thinking is based on an abstract system of logic.

The ability to attend to multiple meanings helps adolescents appreciate

Prof.Nathanyahu says that the changes in thinking that take place in moving from childhood to adolescence are like replacing a 10-year-old computer with a new one.What sorts of changes is she probably referring to,and why are they important?

Saeed studies for an upcoming quiz in the noisy cafeteria.His ability to focus on the material is the result of

Today's IQ tests are standardized to give an average IQ score of

In what is called the Flynn effect,over the last 60 years average IQ scores

Adolescents have increased abilities to think about their own thinking,in what is known as

"Cars have four wheels.This object has four wheels,so it's a car." This is an example of

If an intelligence test yields a deviation IQ,about two-thirds of the population will get scores between _____ and _____.

"This is the worst thing that ever happened to anyone!" Statements of this sort reflect the influence of

According to the information processing approach to cognition,if some piece of information engages your attention,it is passed along to

Tiffany is aware that unprotected sex can lead to pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections,but she tells her friends that if she became sexually active,she knows nothing bad would happen to her.Elkind would see this as an example of

What would you say are the most important developments in adolescent thinking from the perspective of Piaget's work? How do these developments show themselves? Give examples.

Instead of trying to memorize something verbatim,adolescents tend to extract a(n) _____ that is easier to store,retrieve,and use.

As Luigi walks by two girls,one glances at him,then returns to her conversation.He is sure she is making a negative comment about him.Elkind would see this as an example of

The work of _____ implies that adolescents and adults may approach problems using both conscious logical analysis and less conscious heuristic intuition.