Cognitive Development and Adolescence

Cognitive Development and Adolescence – 10 marks

Take rough notes please

Watch: 

Adriana Galvin- Insight into the Teenage Brain- TED Talk

Decision making by teenagers and brains

Reward system

gave a reward - teenagers and adults....

How did teenagers react to reward?

What can you infer about how teenagers will react?

How could emotional response manifest? What would it look like?

What are the positive points of the sensitivities of an adolescent brain?

Sarah Jane Blakemore- The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain- TED Talk 

What does she say about emotional and social reactions?

Behavioral studies....what do they find out about the decision making of teenagers?

What does she believe that the ability of adolescence to take into account another's perspective?

What about risk taking?

What about school?

And......what are the positive points of the sensitivities of an adolescent brain?

Reading and Thinking- pages 101-105 in your textbook

Do you agree or disagree with the list on page 103 – class discussion

How does the media portray adolescents? - 25 marks

Task. Either find a clip from a TV show, movie or a magazine article that features teenagers. List the problems presented and how the teenagers attempted to resolve them. 8 marks

What areas of moral or cognitive development do you see? List and describe 2-3. 7 marks

Either role play alternative endings, show a small clip from the show or have written suggestions. The goal is to prompt classroom discussion with possible alternative endings. You could also have questions for the class - 10 marks

Please do this task in groups of 3-4 . Be ready to present to the class...so create a prezi or powerpoint....