Week 4 - teenagers

Question 1

What is the teenage phenomenon?

Answer 1

• Amiguous ‘‘awkward’’ transitional time between childhood and adulthood
• Popular in late 1940s, US marketing neologism alongside extension of school careers
• Associated with rebellion and experimentation
• forming of subcultures - companies catered to pop-culture preferences

Question 2

How is the teenage brain like?

maturational imbalance model

Answer 2

Deficits in:
* impulse control
* risk management
* emotional regulation
* delayed gratification (will power)
* resistance to peer pressure

Also is relatively high in plasticity.

Many cognitive control factors mature in mid-teens, but the brain is continually growing.

Question 3

What is language and sleep like in teenagers?

Answer 3

LANGUAGE: 15-16 year olds, important to accent and language shifts (80% of them)
SLEEP: Teenagers need to sleep 2 hours later according to their clocks

Question 4

What does the development of the PREFRONTAL CORTEX promote?

Answer 4

• Enchanced abstract and crtitical thought
• A period of social (peer) learning in all highly social species

Question 5

What are teenagers like across cultures?

Answer 5

'’Rebelliousness depend on cultural context.
* American-style teen turmoil is absent in many cultures