Mascarelli‚ Amanda L. “The Teenage Brain.” The Teenage Brain. Society for science‚ 17 Oct. 2012. Web. 17 Dec. 2014. The article‚ “The Teenage Brain‚” written by Amanda Leigh Mascarelli‚ was published on a website for adolescents. Its purpose is to inform the reader the reasons why teens make so many impulsive or unpredictable decisions. Mascarelli asserts that dopamine is a huge reason why teens give in to their impulsive desires. She also states that the adolescent brain is constantly in a “tug-of-war”
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I. HOW DOES THE STUDENT KNOW THE INTERVIEWEE? For privacy purposes‚ I will refer to the interviewee as Jane Doe. I met Jane in middle school and we attended high school together as well. We spent most of our teenage years together‚ including spending the night at one another’s house‚ attending each other’s birthday parties‚ and eating lunch together every day at school. However‚ once we entered high school we started to get into a bit more trouble‚ for things such as sneaking out of the house or
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Cleve Harrison PYSCH 1030 Guerin 9 March 2013 Inside the Teenage Brain Every human being on the face of the earth went through those fun‚ party filled teenaged years. During this time most everyone experienced mostly the same awkward moments. The time when teens feel they know everything‚ and are an adult. How is this explained and how does brain development explain how and what we learn? In a PBS documentary “Inside the Teenage Brain” by Sarah Sparks this is explained in a great amount of information
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vulnerable like a rollercoaster of emotions and often does not realize that the major contributor to this is the brain. Our brain‚ is the most important organ in our body. From controlling violent behavior to creating mood swings‚ our brain tends to transform over the years. There are a lot of anatomical workings and minute details that go behind the formation of a teenage brain versus an adult brain. One of the most significant‚ however‚ is understanding the concept of why teenagers are not able to make
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The Brain’s Influence on Teenage Behavior 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
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“The teen brain is only about 80 percent of the way to maturity. That 20 percent gap‚ where the wiring is thinnest‚ is crucial and goes a long way toward explaining why teenagers’ behave in such puzzling ways- their mood swings‚ irritability‚ impulsiveness and explosiveness: their inability to focus‚ to follow through‚ and to connect with adults; their temptations to use drugs and alcohol and to engage in other risky behavior. When we think of ourselves as civilized‚ intelligent adults‚ we really
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confusing? There may be a reason why. According to the article‚ “The Teenage Brain” “-adolescence is a unique phase in development.” The “Prefrontal Cortex‚” located in the front of the brain‚ is the “reward center” and is responsible for planning and decision making. This part of the brain is like the leader‚ it makes crucial decisions‚ which in turn can affect teenagers. As stated in the video “Inside the Teenage Brain‚” 95% of the brain is fully grow by the age of 6. In adolescent years there are dramatic
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Frequent text message users‚ social media advocates‚ and opinionated bloggers all write about various topics‚ but how does that compare to classic writing? Clive Thompson‚ author of Smarter Than You Think‚ continuously supports his mark that the Internet‚ regardless of its credibility‚ is progressively transforming today’s way of writing‚ allowing society to write more effectively and for longer lengths. Based on Thompson’s claims he makes in “Public Thinking”‚ it is apparent that appeals to logos
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Teenage Brain Development Not Considered in Court Teenagers accused of violent crimes should not be tried as adults in a court of the law. Teenagers brains are not fully developed‚ from the ages 13-18 a projected number of‚ “one percent of gray matter is lost every year in teenagers‚” and these are the teens being tried as adults in court (Spinks). A growth of gray matter is an important development stage in teens. The gray matter grows mostly when the brain is stimulated through accelerated learning
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article Beautiful Brains was centered around the subject that teens brains are not fully developed which leads them to making wrong decisions. Brains between the age 12 and 25 do not grow as much as they do in any other age which can be the reason on why teens always think they are doing the right thing. I think that article described the studies of the brain plus young adults behavior very vividly and I gained a lot of knowledge from this particular article. In Beautiful Brains it was discussed
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