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NUEL 250 FINAL EXAM

NUEL 250 Final Exam (UIC)

formal operational stage in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (normally beginning about age 12) during which people begin to think logically about abstract concepts. Allows an adolescent to understand systematic and experimental adjustments to narrow down what factor causes change propositional thinking People can abstract reasoning that doesn't require concrete examples. can follow a logical argument even if the basic premise is false imaginary audience adolescents' b...

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's Theory what stages and how many? 5 stages in total. Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance. Denial - people resist the idea that they are going to die. - they may argue that their test results have been mixed up - that their x-ray has been read incorrectly - the physician doesn't know what they are talking about Anger when they move beyond denial they may express anger. - angry at everyone - angry at people with good health - angry at caring fami...

6 tenets of a lifespan perspective 1. lifelong process 2. multidimensional & multidirectional 3. plasticity 4. interactive process 5. contextual 6. multidisciplinary development is a lifelong process "old" model - grow, maintain, decline New model - throughout life, interplay among goals development is multidimensional 1. biological 2. cognitive 3. personal-social spiritual and career domains significant as well. domains are often considered and studied separately because the "who...

An investigator gives Sarah a weight hanging from a length of string and some additional weights that are unattached. He asks Sarah what determines the speed at which the weight will move back and forth. To solve the problem, Sarah simultaneously adds another weight to the string, shortens the length of string and pushes the weight harder. This task is meant to assess for_______. On the basis of Sarah's behavior, the investigator will infer that she_________. conservation of mass; is concr...