15 – Adolescence – Cognitive – Handout

1. Jennifer has a small pimple, and thinks everyone in school will notice it. This is an example of ______.

2. Twee is in high school and is very concerned with wearing the right clothes, having the right phone, etc. to fit into her peer group. She feels that if she doesn’t have the right kind of shoes, everyone will notice and laugh at her. Twee is responding to: ______.

3. When Jim speeds down the freeway under the influence of alcohol, he is demonstrating the ______?

4. Mario reads about a study in which tumors were shrunk in rats. From that study, he begins to consider how the same process could be used to treat different sorts of tumors in adults. This is an example of: ______.

5. Jera’s friends want her to skip school to go to the beach. She thinks about the benefits and risks of her options, and she decides not to skip classes. Jera has demonstrated: ______.

6. Lin’s boyfriend broke up with her. She is devastated, and thinks her feelings are unique; no one else could possible understand. She is experiencing ______.

7. Jim always buys lottery tickets, and thinks if he does that long enough, he may win, and has dreams of what to do with his winnings. Jim is guilty of ______.

8. Martha’s friends are spreading rumors and insults about her via text messages, emails, and Facebook pages. They are engaging in: ______.

9. Mohammad has been majoring in accounting for three years, and has found he thinks it is dull and boring. However, he reasons, “I have put so much time into this I should just keep going, even though I dislike it.” He is guilty of ______.

10. Rebecca wants to stay overnight at her friend’s house, but her parents said no, because there is no parent in the house that night. In response, Rebecca says, “ That is just stupid! If I was older, you would let me go, so why not now?

Rebecca is demonstrating what type of thinking? ______.

11. Eric was at a friend’s house when a group of people walked in. As a result, he had a feeling that it was not safe in there, so he left. He was using what type of thinking? ______.