Making mistakes is part of growing up, but sometimes these mistakes can leave us in pretty bad situations. Shakespeare shows this in his play the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet where the two teenage main characters find themselves in a tragic situation after acting irrationally. In William Shakespeare's play the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the articles The Impulsive “Teen Brain” Isn’t Based on Science, Why Do Adolescent Males Demonstrate Impulsive Behavior?, and Fear Prompts Teens to Act Impulsively show how risky behavior and irrational decisions made in teens can lead to further consequences. Teens are more prone to showing risky behavior and thinking irrationally than other age groups, this is shown in the articles The Impulsive “Teen Brain” Isn’t Based on Science, Why Do Adolescent Males Demonstrate Impulsive Behavior?, and Fear Prompts Teens to Act Impulsively. The teen brain is not fully developed which leads it to be “more sensitive to dopamine than the adult brain” which means “teens can experience intense pleasure from activity’s adults find mundane”. Having an increased sensitivity to dopamine explains why some teens would partake in risky behaviors because the dopamine they get would be far greater than what an adult would. This also explains why teens …show more content…
This makes teens more curious, which can lead to them taking unnecessary risks because they want to find out something. Another reason that this can lead to risky behavior is because during this enhanced state of learning, teens are more likely to try more things which will lead to them making more