PSYCH 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Synaptic Pruning, Frontal Lobe, Social Change
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Cdc defines adolescence as the development period between about 15-24 years. Of course this entails quite a lot of variability. Adolescence is the transition from puberty to social independence. Early maturing boys: more popular, self-assured, and independent; more at risk for alcohol use, academic and social delinquency, and premature sexual activity. Early maturing girls: mismatch between physical and emotional maturity may. The main issue with early development is often that emotional development usually has encourage search for older teens; teasing or sexual harassment may occur not caught up with physical development. Teens: frontal lobe development and synaptic pruning occur and may produce irrational. It is often rare that development occurs strictly according to the right track at the right and risky behaviors pace. Develop new abstract thinking tools (formal operations) Use moral reasoning that develops in universal sequence to guide moral actions. Haidt : much of morality rooted in moral intuitions that are made quickly and.
