The article “Inside the Teen Brain” by Marty Wolner, states that research on the human brain provides shocking evidence that shows why we act in a good or bad behavior. This is because the brain development is more active. The brain is almost physically mature but the thinking part of the brain is still making its connections. The information processed without the benefit of higher level processing may result in some of the bad behaviors. The construction in the brain does not give any excuse for the bad behaviors. Communication and discipline can help since the brain can’t face challenges without the support. With the help of a parent the teen can learn to make responsible decisions throughout their life. Parenting can help the positive development…
When you’re walking down the street and see the kids out and about, what are some things that you see that can affect their behavior or even their future possibly? The things that go on in today’s society have played a major role in how this generation, along with others turn out. An individual being raised in a single-parent home, in an immoral community, or maybe even losing someone that meant everything to them can affect their lives in ways that can either send them down the right or wrong road. Also, a person’s choices or decision-making skills can affect their life in a major way. “Your choices will determine your future” was always something I was told as a youth. When reading The Other Wes Moore these problems…
1.3Explain the role of children and young people’s personal choices and experiences on their outcomes and life chances.…
The way that someone is brought up has a huge effect on who they grow up to be. If someone is raised by hardworking guardians, that love and care for them unconditionally, then the outcome of the child will most likely be that of a typical hard working kid with goals for their future. Life changing experiences as well as just everyday experiences play a substantial part in determining a person, especially in their younger years from grade school all the way to highschool and college. Facts and real life stories back this claim up. A good kid going down the right path, can easily be convinced to participate in bad behavior simply by peer pressure and the effort to “fit in” with the crowd. This kind of thing is commonly seen in high school. Guardians of someone can do their best to lead their child down the path to success, but at the end of the day it is the kids decision on what they want to…
This is true for everyone in this world. This fact cannot be changed no matter how hard we try. Our past determines our future outcome. In a NPR research program it was stated by Lee Raby, a psychologist and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Delaware who led the study, ”that about 10 percent of someone’s academic achievement was correlated with the quality of their home life at age three. Later experiences, genetic factors and even chance explain the other 90 percent.”5 A child goes to school and because of that he becomes intelligent. Also the article explains why children are impacted through childhood and that becomes their future. Another theory suggests that an individual’s behavior, incentive to do well in life, and mental status can be guided by the child’s social environment. This social environment needs to correspond to the child’s psychological needs in order for the child to be…
Explain the rule of children and young people personal choices and experiences on their outcome and life chances?…
A child or young person’s development can be influenced by a range of personal and external factors.…
When you talk to a teenager, have you ever wondered why, why did they make that decision, or perhaps, what influenced that decision? Many factors go into why teens make some of the choices they make, but a huge one is the teenage brain. Teenager’s brains are still growing. These growth cause the teens to make decisions that could be very irrational or beneficial. Counselors need to know what elements causes the decisions so they can better understand their student and be better at their job. The undeveloped prefrontal cortex, environmental factors, and the reward system influences some of the decisions that the teens make and how it the teen responses to life.…
One of the most debated topics in Psychology is the agreement of the influence of character, by how a person is raised or by their genetics. “Nature vs. Nurture”, this issues addresses what impact, if any, parenting has on youth, as well as if DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) or genes, influences our actions or behaviors.…
Society recognizes that juveniles are different form adults in their decision-making abilities and are reflected in laws regarding voting, driving, alcohol use and consent to treatment (Position statement 58. 2017). Psychology and neuroscience continue to state fundamental differences between juveniles and adults. Juveniles continually score lower than adults in impulse control and suppression of anger. Juveniles also demonstrate that they are less likely than adults to evaluate risks and benefits or to understand long-term consequences (Position statement 58, 2017).…
When I was a child, I knew that I wanted to be a nurse just like my mom. I started preparing myself by majoring in science, math, and typing in high school. I knew that these classes would one day prepare me for college. When I enter college at the University of Memphis after high school, I take all the prerequisites needed for the nursing program. Later, I entered nursing school at Baptist School of Nursing and I was well on my way to becoming a nurse. When I got in nursing school, I lost focus of why I was there and failed the nursing program. I decided to continue my education at Shelby State Community College (Southwest Community College) by retaking my biology classes to enter SSCC night nursing program.…
As the child becomes a teenager they broke nearly totally independent, they want to be treated like adults. The relationship between parent and child will change dramatically, as the child starts to go out and socialise with friends, looking for a job and learning to drive etc. The parent will have near enough nothing to do for the child other than washing clothes, providing food and keeping a roof over their head.…
Our culture has a large impact in this determination of minor’s transition into adulthood and our assessment of their increasing cognitive ability. At what age do we develop the ability to fully reason, assess the risk, and make decisions to avoid mishap? At the ripe old age of thirty-eight, I have fully mastered this (yeah right), but I have to wonder what the average is for a minor. Smith (1996) stated, “The frontal lobe of the brain, which deals with the control of sexual drives as well as abstract reasoning and planning, is not completely myelinated until 14 or 15 years of age (Anastasiow, 1982). Major changes in cognitive ability occur between early and late adolescence, most notably the capacity to reason abstractly, predict future consequences, and see things from different perspectives. As these changes occur, the conception of the self as invulnerable diminishes and the impact of knowledge of risk increases.” It is readily accepted, however inconsistent the laws are, that minors do not possess the same reasoning skills and decision making skills to have their world of choices be at the same level as an adult. Parents have the right to require medical treatment of a minor, they also have the right to disallow medical treatment such as cosmetic surgery. If a court of law supports the parent/guardian rights to decide what medical treatment their child can/cannot…
The University of Phoenix is Americas largest accredited private University with over 180 campuses in 35 states nationwide. The University of Phoenix offers a host of undergraduate programs for the working adult. The program that interests me the most is the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT). "The BSIT program is focused on the acquisition of theory and technical competencies associated with the information technology profession". The program is setup as such where full time professionals have the opportunity to attend school while tending to the needs of a growing family.…
Human behavior can be predicted most of the time, but not all the time. People are product of their environment in a way but then how can we explain these strange things when a child grows up in a nice family but become a criminal. Human beings do not react only by innate reflex, the education play a really important role. For example, the innate reflex of the fear of a snake, without education and without recognition specific of the species of snake, the snake fear established prescriptively among the human species. But, the human being becomes unpredictable due to the plasticity of the response to the situation. The fear can turn into mistrust or worship for example. It is also said that if women that listen classic music while she is pregnant, his baby will like classic music. So, I think that most of the time, the human behavior depends of the environment where he grows. At least people have always more or less some things similar. If someone insults another one, it is sure that he won’t offer him flower the next time they meet. And I think that the look that other people have on you are unconsciously influenced your way of acting. If someone grows up in a good environment, he will become a better man than the one that grow in a bad environment. A child that lived in a violent environment will probably be violent. A child that lived a calm environment he will become a teenager calm as well. So yes, most of the time, human behavior can be predicted because of the origin, the environment and past of a person, but sometimes it is…