The Teenage Brain Analysis
I. HOW DOES THE STUDENT KNOW THE INTERVIEWEE?
For privacy purposes, I will refer to the interviewee as Jane Doe. I met Jane in middle school and we attended high school together as well. We spent most of our teenage years together, including spending the night at one another’s house, attending each other’s birthday parties, and eating lunch together every day at school. However, once we entered high school we started to get into a bit more trouble, for things such as sneaking out of the house or skipping class. Once Jane and I graduated from high school, I went off to college and never looked back, Jane decided to take time off from further education to spend some time with her family, and lend a hand at her father’s hardware store. This interview …show more content…
Doctor Francis Jenson who wrote the book “The Teenage Brain,” says “the last place to be connected and fully myelinated, is the front of your brain…. and what's in the front? Your prefrontal cortex and your frontal cortex. These are areas where we have insight, and empathy, these executive functions such as impulse control, and risk-taking behavior." This might explain why teenagers are more susceptible to addiction, and not just drugs and alcohol, but addictions of all kind including social media, electronic use, cigarette smoking, and binge drinking even sexual activity and over-eating. Unfortunately, substances reinforce a reward circuit around the substance or activity that leads to a much stronger, harder, and longer …show more content…
This may result in situations where the user is driving under the influence (DUI), or “drugged driving”. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), “individuals who drive while under the influence of heroin exhibit slow driving, diminished vehicle control, weaving in the road, delayed reaction times, an inability to follow road signs, and may even fall asleep at the wheel.” (NHTSA, 2009). Jane tells me she was high on heroin the night she crashed into the cement truck, but she had been using meth intermittingly as well. “Drivers who have used cocaine or methamphetamine can be aggressive and reckless when driving. Certain kinds of sedatives, called benzodiazepines, can cause dizziness and drowsiness and all of these impairments can lead to vehicle crashes.” (NHTSA,
For privacy purposes, I will refer to the interviewee as Jane Doe. I met Jane in middle school and we attended high school together as well. We spent most of our teenage years together, including spending the night at one another’s house, attending each other’s birthday parties, and eating lunch together every day at school. However, once we entered high school we started to get into a bit more trouble, for things such as sneaking out of the house or skipping class. Once Jane and I graduated from high school, I went off to college and never looked back, Jane decided to take time off from further education to spend some time with her family, and lend a hand at her father’s hardware store. This interview …show more content…
Doctor Francis Jenson who wrote the book “The Teenage Brain,” says “the last place to be connected and fully myelinated, is the front of your brain…. and what's in the front? Your prefrontal cortex and your frontal cortex. These are areas where we have insight, and empathy, these executive functions such as impulse control, and risk-taking behavior." This might explain why teenagers are more susceptible to addiction, and not just drugs and alcohol, but addictions of all kind including social media, electronic use, cigarette smoking, and binge drinking even sexual activity and over-eating. Unfortunately, substances reinforce a reward circuit around the substance or activity that leads to a much stronger, harder, and longer …show more content…
This may result in situations where the user is driving under the influence (DUI), or “drugged driving”. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), “individuals who drive while under the influence of heroin exhibit slow driving, diminished vehicle control, weaving in the road, delayed reaction times, an inability to follow road signs, and may even fall asleep at the wheel.” (NHTSA, 2009). Jane tells me she was high on heroin the night she crashed into the cement truck, but she had been using meth intermittingly as well. “Drivers who have used cocaine or methamphetamine can be aggressive and reckless when driving. Certain kinds of sedatives, called benzodiazepines, can cause dizziness and drowsiness and all of these impairments can lead to vehicle crashes.” (NHTSA,