Topic > The development of the adolescent brain - 1184

Some stereotypes impose on adolescents the mistaken belief that they are invulnerable. According to Laurence Steinberg, research into the adolescent brain's processing of risk taking has not had more risk taking than adults. However, Steinberg placed emphasis on adolescents' cognitive ability to rationalize the use of words and phrases used to describe risks such as "probability", "probable" or "very low chance" and to truly understand what the consequences are by manipulating the 'use of words and words. truly understand risky content with their actions. Steinberg noted that many other researchers have attributed emotional and contextual influences on adolescent risk taking to the developmental stage of logical reasoning that is strongly influenced by peer pressure, impulsivity, present orientation rather than to the future or from the search for rewards. This reward seeking or sensation seeking is in the pursuit of new or exciting experiences for “Thrill Seekers” adolescents where the emotional arousal can be positive or negative and is influenced usually by their peers, which is more common with some form of delinquency, drinking, or involved in reckless behavior when faced with the decision to be part of the group or not which affects their social identity and acceptance. Overall, adolescents have cognitive abilities