1. I think that the difference between the way adolescents and young children think is that children have friends, but they are not at that stage where they are influenced by them. Adolescents, on the other hand, are at that stage where everything they do, or decide to do, is influenced by their peers, even if they are unaware of this fact. Children are still influenced by their parents and their way of thinking is more of "follow the rules," and adolescents are defiant and their thinking is based on emotion and social status. Young adults are more in control of their faculties and have more life experiences becuase they have been in that adolescent stage. Young adults are more likely to with logic and reason based on their in tact, new cognitive pathways, and of course their experience will helo them along the way.
2. I think that cognitive pathways have a lot of impact in the way that adolescents think, because they have this heightened sensitivity to things and their brains are not ready for that sensitivity. The brain is making the changes to deal wih these new changes but the changes are not yet complete and this could easily cause confusion and anger. Storm and stress.
Interesting idea -- that their cognitive skills are almost too powerful for them! Now they're sensitive to information that may not have affected them before.
ReplyDeletecognitive changes are inevitable. but are they influenced by behavior or is behavior dependent on cognitive changes?
ReplyDeleteInteresting post, i like it.
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