MCQ Questions
Q.1.
Hypothetical thought involves____.
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    the invincibility fable
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    deductive reasoning
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    imagined possibilities
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    inductive reasoning
Q.2.
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 _____.
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    with peers
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    13 or 14
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    analytic thought
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    12 to 14
Q.3.
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 _____.
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    reading a book to the end even though the reader was bored by chapter 3
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    personal fable
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    the invincibility fable
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    thinking logically may require that adolescents confront comforting, familiar prejudices
Q.4.
During adolescence, impulsivity declines and analytic thinking _____.
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    increases
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    inductive
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    personal fable
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    imaginary audience
Q.5.
Research found that logical thinking improved with age and education, but not with _____.
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    analytic thought
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    young military recruits who hope to be sent into combat
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    inductive
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    intelligence (IQ)
Q.6.
example of the sunk cost fallacy?
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    reading a book to the end even though the reader was bored by chapter 3
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    the invincibility fable
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    hypothetical thought
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    put weights on both sides without considering distance from the center of the scale