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Recommended textbook solutionsEssential Cell Biology4th EditionBruce Alberts, Dennis Bray, Karen Hopkin 359 solutions Psychology: Themes and Variations10th EditionWayne Weiten 180 solutions Concepts in Biology14th EditionEldon D. Enger, Frederick C. Ross 934 solutions Campbell Biology11th EditionJane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Peter V Minorsky, Steven A. Wasserman 1,678 solutions Why is impulsive and risk taking attitude present during adolescent stage?This evidence suggests that a major source of risk taking during adolescence may be a result of impaired impulse control that precedes the adolescent period. As a result, adolescent risk taking is not a uniform phenomenon, and individual differences dominate the emergence of such behavior during adolescence.
What facts about the brain development during adolescence explain their risk taking impulsivity?In the adolescent brain, the frontal and prefrontal cortex aren't accessed with the same rapidity as the adult brain, which is why adolescents can act more impulsively. The frontal and prefrontal cortex house important executive functions like judgment and decision-making.
What is the likely relationship between brain development and adolescent risk taking?Risk-taking increases between childhood and adolescence as a result of changes around the time of puberty in the brain's socio-emotional system leading to increased reward-seeking, especially in the presence of peers, fueled mainly by a dramatic remodeling of the brain's dopaminergic system.
What cognitive and biological factors contribute to adolescent risk taking behavior?The adolescent brain reacts differently to stimuli than the adult brain. The combination of exaggerated sensitivity to the rewards offered by many high-risk behaviors, a reduced sensitivity to adverse effects, and the insufficient power of immature frontal cognitive control all contribute to adolescent risk-taking.
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