ED PSYCH 321 Chapter 2: Chapter 2
9 Feb 2017
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Adolescents are better at thinking about what is possible: not just what is real. Adolescents are better about thinking about abstract things. Adolescent thinking is more multidimensional: not just focused on a single issue. Adolescents re more likely to see things as relative than absolute. Adolescents are able to move easily between the specific and the abstract: comes in handy when learning about math and science. Deductive reasoning: a type of logical reasoning in which one draws logically necessary conclusions from a general set of premises, or givens: adolescents are better at deductive reasoning. Also better than at knowing when there is not enough information to answer a question. Important when it comes to debating: helps (cid:449)he(cid:374) fo(cid:396)(cid:373)ulati(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d a(cid:396)gui(cid:374)g a (cid:448)ie(cid:449)poi(cid:374)t (cid:862)(cid:449)hat (cid:449)ould it (cid:271)e like if i (cid:449)as i(cid:374) thei(cid:396) shoes(cid:863) Hypothetical thinking also plays an important role in decision making. Adolescents think in more advanced ways about interpersonal relationships, politics, philosophy, religion, and morality topics.
