A More Sophisticated Understanding of Social Relationships Leads Adolescents to Group

question 25

Multiple Choice

A more sophisticated understanding of social relationships leads adolescents to group individuals into crowds. This is an example of which adolescent transition?

• A) biological
• B) cognitive
• C) social
• D) hereditary

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Definitions:

Normal Aging

The physiological and psychological changes that naturally occur in the human body over time, not associated with disease or severe disability.

Senility

A derogatory term once used to describe the deterioration of cognitive function associated with old age, now more appropriately referred to as dementia or Alzheimer's disease.

Initiative Versus Guilt

Erikson's third stage of psychosocial development, where children begin to assert control and power over their environment through directed play and other activities.

Cognitive Development

The progression of learning and development of intelligence, conscious thought, and problem-solving ability that occurs from infancy through adulthood.