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PS1006 - 4 - Adolescent Cognitive Development


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This lecture explores the cognitive changes occurring during adolescence, contrasting them with childhood and adulthood. It highlights improvements in memory, noting the development of more strategic approaches like elaboration, clustering, and rehearsal. The discussion then shifts to attention, explaining the enhanced abilities in focused and divided attention during this period. Furthermore, the lecture examines the development of executive functions, including inhibition, flexibility, and planning, linking these to brain maturation. Finally, it touches upon changes in thinking and intelligence, referencing Piaget's formal operational stage and differentiating between fluid and crystallized intelligence and their developmental trajectories.



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