Multiple Choice Questions

Hypothetical thought involves____.
  • the invincibility fable
  • deductive reasoning
  • imagined possibilities
  • inductive reasoning
A longitudinal study (Harden & Tucker-Drob, 2011) that traced the development of sensation-seeking, which can lead to intuitive thinking, from early adolescence to the mid-20s found that increases in sensation-seeking were notable from ages _____.
  • with peers
  • 13 or 14
  • analytic thought
  • 12 to 14
Adolescents are capable of analytic thought, yet they do not consistently use it. A possible reason for the inconsistent use of analytic thought by adolescents is _____.
  • reading a book to the end even though the reader was bored by chapter 3
  • personal fable
  • the invincibility fable
  • thinking logically may require that adolescents confront comforting, familiar prejudices
During adolescence, impulsivity declines and analytic thinking _____.
  • increases
  • inductive
  • personal fable
  • imaginary audience
Research found that logical thinking improved with age and education, but not with _____.
  • analytic thought
  • young military recruits who hope to be sent into combat
  • inductive
  • intelligence (IQ)
example of the sunk cost fallacy?
  • reading a book to the end even though the reader was bored by chapter 3
  • the invincibility fable
  • hypothetical thought
  • put weights on both sides without considering distance from the center of the scale
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