Which of the following are the intellectual characteristics of adolescents?
1.Variations in emotional moods
2.Development of imagination
3.Increase in span of attention
4.Increase in pulse rate
5.Development of thinking and reasoning
A1 & 4 only
B1, 2, 3 & 4 only
C2, 3 & 5 only ✓ Correct
D1, 3, 4 & 5 only
Correct answer: (C) 2, 3 & 5 only
Explanation
Intellectual traits of adolescents include development of imagination, increased span of attention and growth of thinking and reasoning, so 2, 3 and 5 fit.
Variations in emotional moods are an emotional trait, not intellectual.
Increase in pulse rate is a physiological change, not intellectual.
Abstract and hypothetical thinking sharpens in this stage.
Piaget placed adolescents in the formal operational stage of cognitive development.
This stage begins around age 11 and enables reasoning about the possible, not just the real.
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