PSY BEH 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 55: Executive Functions, Psy, Dopaminergic Pathways
17 Dec 2019
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The most important cognitive change in adolescence is improvement in executive function. A very important aspect of executive function in adolescence is cognitive control. For most purposes, executive function and cognitive control can be thought of as synonyms. Cognitive control: involves exercising effective control in a number of areas, including focusing attention, reducing interfering thoughts, and being cognitively flexible. Cognition control increases in adolescence and emerging adulthood. Making a real effort to stick with a task, avoiding interfering thoughts of environmental events, and instead doing what is most effective. Stopping and thinking before acting to avoid blurting out something that a minute or two later they wished they hadn"t themselves, i have to show the self-discipline to finish this. Continuing to work on something that is important but boring when there is something a lot more fun to do, inhibiting their behavior and doing the boring but important task, saying to.
