By the end of this chapter, students should be able to:
- Know the three ways that modern cognitive developmental theory differs from Piaget’s views.
- Be able to list the steps in the information processing process.
- Be aware of how memory improves during adolescence.
- Understand how increased processing speed can enhance thinking and problem-solving.
- Know how inferential ability, thinking, and reasoning improves during adolescence.
- Summarize the “nine Cs” of decision-making as proposed by Mann and his colleagues.
- Recap Boyes’ and Chandlers’ theory of epistemological development.
- Be familiar with the parts of the brain that continue to mature during adolescence, and know the cognitive effects of these brain changes.
- Compare and contrast Sternberg’s triarchic theory with Gardner’s frames of mind approach to intelligence.
- Describe the two most widely used intelligence tests.
- Understand the various factors that influence of IQ test scores including anxiety, and bias.
- Be familiar with the uses and misuses of standardized IQ tests.
- Describe the SAT and be aware of the criticisms leveled against it.
