Lifespan Psychology - Chapter 13 Pt. 2

a form of thinking that increases steadily from adolescence through early adulthood, peaking in middle age, that involves awareness of positive and negative feelings and coordination of them into a complex, organized structure; involves skillful integration of cognition with emotion

in Perry's theory, the cognitive approach of the most mature adults, who resist choosing between opposing views and, instead, try to formulate a more satisfying perspective that synthesizes contradictions

in Perry's theory, the cognitive approach of younger college students who search for absolute truth and therfore divide information, values, and authority into right and wrong, good and bad, we and they

a form of cognition that typically develops in early adulthood that involves reflecting on how we arrived at facts, beliefs and ideas and, when necessary, revising one's approach in favor of a more balanced, adequate route to knowledge

acquisition of extensive knowledge in a field or endeavor

period of vocational development in which young children gain insight into career options by fantasizing about them

cognitive development beyond Piaget's formal operational stage

in Labouvie-Vief's theroy, adult thought in which logic becomes a tool to solve real-world problems and inconsistencies and imperfections are accepted

period of vocational development in which older adolescents and young adults focus on a general vocational category and, slightly later, settle on a single occupation

in Perry's theory, the cognitive approach of older college students, who favor multiple truths, each relative to its context of evaluation

period of vocational development in which adolescents think about careers in more complex ways, at first in terms of their interest and, as they become more aware of personal and educational requirements of different vocations, in terms of their abilities and values