Both the imaginary audience and the personal fable emphasize that adolescence is a period of the lifespan in which individuals are overly concerned about themselves. The overarching term that best describes this "self-preoccupation" is:

Positive reinforcement ______ the likelihood that the behavior preceding it will happen again while negative reinforcement ______ the likelihood that the preceding behavior will happen again

a. increases; decreases c. increases; increases b. decreases; increases d. decreases; decreases

Piaget's notion of reflective thinking is closely related to the concept of ____________ studied by information-processing theorists

A) working memory B) long-term store C) metacognition D) internalization