Applications

1. Question 15.1

   Describe a time when you overestimated how much other people were thinking about you. How was your mistake similar to and different from adolescent egocentrism?

2. Question 15.2

   Talk to a teenager about politics, families, school, religion, or any other topic that might reveal the way he or she thinks. Do you hear any adolescent egocentrism? Intuitive thinking? Systematic thought? Flexibility? Cite examples.

3. Question 15.3

   Think of a life-changing decision you have made. How did logic and emotion interact? What would have changed if you had given the matter more thought—or less?

4. Question 15.4

   Describe what happened and what you thought in the first year you attended a middle school or high school. What made it better or worse than later years in that school?

ONLINE CONNECTIONS

WORTH PUBLISHERS

To accompany your textbook, you have access to a number of online resources, including Learning Curve, an adaptive quizzing program, critical thinking questions, and case studies. For access to any of these links, go to www.worthpublishers.com/launchpad/bergerls9e. In addition to these resources, you’ll also find links to video clips, personalized study advice, and an ebook. Some of the videos and activities available online include:

• HIV/AIDS. A brief history of the global spread of HIV and the successful promotion of educational intervention in Sri Lanka. Videos let affected children with HIV tell their stories. tell their stories.
• The Balance Scale Problem: Adolescents have remarkable cognitive abilities. Watch them demonstrate problem-solving skills in the balance scale problem.