Teenage Brain
Abnormal Psychology Assignment
Inside the Teenage Brain
Frontline: PBS
Are teenagers from another planet? Are they really aliens? What goes on inside the teenage brain? Is the teenage brain any different from the adult brain? Let’s take a closer look!
Your assignment is to watch the video entitled, “Inside the Teenage Brain” and to complete the study guide questions below.
The video on the teenage brain is absolutely fascinating because it contains many facts explaining how our brain chemistry changes while we are teenagers.
To access the Teenage Brain Video...Please go to the following website below: Answer all of the questions and then upload them back to me. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/video/flv/generic.html?s=frol02p392&continuous=1Parents may feel that for a brief period of time that their teenager is inhabited by?
When are parents thrown for a loop?
What do parents need to recognize?When will the period of rapid brain growth occur again for baby Natalie?
What is the transition of entering puberty analogous to?
What does Dr. Jay Giedd investigate?
What unexpected discovery was found just behind the frontal cortex?
When does it occur?
What brain function is associated with gray matter?
What did most people mistakenly believe about brain development?
At what age has the brain reached 95% of its development?
Explain what the brain grows like?
It is the skills that Charlie learns and practices that will develop parts of his brain and not others. True or False?
Explain the “use it or lose it” principle in relation to brain development.
Where is the prefrontal cortex located in the brain?
Describe what the prefrontal cortex is in charge of (ie. what it does)Explain „cognitive flexibility‟
Where in the brain does the change occur that helps teens to regulate their emotions, solve problems effectively, and be more involved in planning behavior?
In the study conducted at McLean hospital, how did teen brains compare to adult
Inside the Teenage Brain
Frontline: PBS
Are teenagers from another planet? Are they really aliens? What goes on inside the teenage brain? Is the teenage brain any different from the adult brain? Let’s take a closer look!
Your assignment is to watch the video entitled, “Inside the Teenage Brain” and to complete the study guide questions below.
The video on the teenage brain is absolutely fascinating because it contains many facts explaining how our brain chemistry changes while we are teenagers.
To access the Teenage Brain Video...Please go to the following website below: Answer all of the questions and then upload them back to me. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/video/flv/generic.html?s=frol02p392&continuous=1Parents may feel that for a brief period of time that their teenager is inhabited by?
When are parents thrown for a loop?
What do parents need to recognize?When will the period of rapid brain growth occur again for baby Natalie?
What is the transition of entering puberty analogous to?
What does Dr. Jay Giedd investigate?
What unexpected discovery was found just behind the frontal cortex?
When does it occur?
What brain function is associated with gray matter?
What did most people mistakenly believe about brain development?
At what age has the brain reached 95% of its development?
Explain what the brain grows like?
It is the skills that Charlie learns and practices that will develop parts of his brain and not others. True or False?
Explain the “use it or lose it” principle in relation to brain development.
Where is the prefrontal cortex located in the brain?
Describe what the prefrontal cortex is in charge of (ie. what it does)Explain „cognitive flexibility‟
Where in the brain does the change occur that helps teens to regulate their emotions, solve problems effectively, and be more involved in planning behavior?
In the study conducted at McLean hospital, how did teen brains compare to adult