In “Startling Finds on Teenage Brains,” Paul Thompson--a neuroscientist at UCLA--argues that minors should not be sentenced as adults because their brains are not the same as adults’ brains. Even though Thompson believes that minors should be held accountable for their crimes, he presents evidence from recent studies to explain the differences between the brains of minors and adults. It is not surprising that Thompson uses logical evidence to defend his position, given that he is a scientist. However, Thompson frequently uses emotional persuasion--or pathos--to convince his readers that sentencing minors as adults is both unjust and uninformed. Through his use of structure and emotionally charged language, Thompson attempts to convince readers
The article “ Inside the Teen Brain” by Marty Wolner, states that recent resherchers on the human brain provides parents with shocking evidence abou there teenager that probably explains there irational, ilogical, and impulsive behavior. As it turns out, brain developement during the teenage years is radically more active than previously thought. Even though the brain is almost matured the grey matter in the thinking part of the brain is still making connections. The information proccesed in the limbic system, without benefit of higher level processing in the pre-frontal cortex may result in impulsive, egocentric,, and even risky behavior. Because of the construction of the teenage brain is that its not capable of fully processing information
` In the article Beautiful Brains by David Dobbs, evolutionary research conveys that during the adolescent and teenage years the brain encounters an astonishing amount of growth and transformation. Dobbs states that these developments contribute to many of the irresponsible decisions made by teens. In the past, the brain was thought to cease maturing around the age of ten, however, new investigations have found that between the ages of twelve and twenty five, the brain continues to develop, undergoing a considerable metamorphosis. During this metamorphosis, myelin insulates a greater number of neuron’s axons, increasing the speed in which messages are exchanged, dendrites branch out and become broader, accelerating the rate at which messages are received, and synaptic pruning occurs which causes the brain’s cortex to become slimmer and more adept. During teenage years, the brain is still learning to network as well as deal with day to day obstacles such as stress, exhaustion and problems.
"Brainology: Transforming Students ' Motivation to Learn" is collection of informative text by Carol S. Dwecks, covering the concept of Fixed and Growth mindsets, along with the cause and effect for each. Dwecks opens the text with a researched idea that our brains are constantly changing throughout our lives, while learning and experiencing, followed by a question "Does this learning have implications for students ' motivation and learning?". Later showing that what students believe about their brains and source of intelligence, whether sought as being fixed or having the ability to grow and change, does have effects on their motivation and will to learn. Another question is asked, how do said mindsets work, and how might we be able to
The excerpt from Teen Brain “Still under construction” by NIMH, the author believes that the teen brain is still changing, hormonally, emotionally, and intellectually, which effects a teenagers behavior. To begin, hormonal changes effect a teenagers behavior. Hormones cause stress which creates abnormal behavior for teenagers. “As with reproductive hormones, stress hormones can have complex effects on the brain, and as a result, behavior.” This shows that hormones cause sufficient stress which results in your behavior.
As shown in Romeo and Juliet, teens do things because some parts of the brain do not mature until later in life, teens want a taste of risk, and the chemical
Q1.3 Explain the impact of adolescent development on a young person’s thoughts, feelings and behaviours A1.3 Adolescence is a time of great change for young people when physical changes are happening at an accelerated rate. Puberty is accompanied by physical, psychological and emotional changes adapted to ensure reproductive and parenting success. But adolescence is not just marked by physical changes – young people are also experiencing cognitive, social/emotional and interpersonal changes as well. It marks a transition in risks for depression and other common mental disorders, substance abuse, eating disorders and anti social behaviours. As they grow and develop young people are influenced by outside factors, such as their environment, culture, religion, school and the media.
This event displays, like others, that they are not responsible for their actions since it is entirely natural and inevitable to, as adolescents, pursue things that may harm
The article, “Beautiful Brains”, reads “The resulting account of the adolescent brain-call it the adaptive adolescent story-casts the teens legs as a rough draft “than as an exquisitely sensitive, highly adaptable creature wired almost perfectly for the job of moving from the safety of home into the complicated world outside. This view will likely sit better with teens” (Dobbs). People sometimes view teens as immature children, but teens are just trying to figure out the world while letting their brains develop. David Dobbs explains, “And although sensation seeking can lead to dangerous behaviors, it can also generate positive ones: The urge to meet more people, for instance, can create a wider circle of friends, which generally makes us healthier, happier, safer, and more successful” (Dobbs). When teens try to find new sensations, it can make them more open to the world.
Adolescence: A Look at Adolescence in the Movie The Breakfast Club The 1985 movie written and directed by John Hughes, called The Breakfast Club looks at five very different students who are coming into adolescence and becoming their own people.
18. It’s a big number. When you 're 18 the world is yours, you can legally buy cigarettes, you can vote for the first time, and oh yeah, you are legally an adult. But being an adult is not determined solely by the date you were born, it is much more complex. As younger individuals continue to reach for the title of an “adult”, the label has proven to be an increasingly controversial topic.
Whether it is modern-day teens or teens from the 14th century, teen brains are developing and therefore they rely on their emotions rather
He believes that a teen’s primary motivation for behavior is their social affiliation with others. During adolescent years, development of personality and behavior is at its most prominent. The ultimate goal of this theory is for teenagers to establish a personal
Over the years, the legal drinking age in the United States has been heavily debated. Some argue that the legal age to drink should be 18 or 19 because people at that age are recognized as adults; others argue that the drinking age should be 21 because people who are able to drink should be more mature and have their lives better planned out. Although people are legally adults at 18, they are not yet mature adults; in fact, according to NRP, “emerging science about brain development suggests that most people don’t reach full maturity until the age 25” (“Brain”). Before earning the right to legally drink, people should allow their bodies to fully develop and gain a better knowledge of how to organize their lives. The drinking age should remain
