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Adolescence
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life between childhood and adulthood
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The frontal cortex
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lags behind the limbic system’s development
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Hormonal surges and the limbic system
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may explain occasional teen impulsiveness
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myelin
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During adolescence, neurons in the frontal cortex grow...
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Piaget
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According to ______, adolescents can handle abstract problems, i.e., they can perform formal operations. Adolescents can judge good from evil, truth and justice, and think about God in deeper terms.
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Kohlberg
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sought to describe the development of moral reasoning by posing moral dilemmas to children and adolescents, such as “Should a person steal medicine to save a loved one’s life?”
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Preconventional Morality
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Before age 9, children show morality to avoid punishment or gain reward.
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Conventional Morality
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By early adolescence, social rules and laws are upheld for their own sake.
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Postconventional Morality
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Affirms people’s agreed-upon rights or follows personally perceived ethical principles.
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Emerging Adulthood
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spans ages 18-25
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After 80
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neural processes slow down, especially for complex tasks.
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After age 70
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hearing, distance perception, and the sense of smell diminish
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Fatal accidents also increase around this age.
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fluid intelligence
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ability to reason speedily
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fluid intelligence
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declines with age
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crystalline intelligence
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accumulated knowledge and skills
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crystalline intelligence
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does not decline with age
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