11/25/14

How does Ms. Blakemore define adolescence?

 the start of the hormonal and puberty stage 

How long does it last?

when the adolescent can maintain a stable role in society. 

What is the significance of the prefrontal cortex?

decision making, inhibiting inappropriate behavior, understanding people and being self-aware. 

Which section is this on the diagram we viewed yesterday? (See post for 11/17/14)

Executive Processors

What is synaptic pruning and what is the significance of the process?

 Keep the ones you need and lose the ones you don't need. The ones that you do keep come stronger because you keep working with it. 

What is the social brain?

the network of brain region we use to understand other people and interact other people 

Explain the design and results of the experiment in which adolescents were compared to adults in seeing things from another person's perspective.

Soccer game, When michael misses his goal everyone has the same reaction and we are being able to read other peoples expression. 

Describe the difference between the limbic system and the prefrontal cortex in teenagers and adults.

Adults - An adults limbic system and prefrontal cortex are more developed and used evenly. 

Adolences  - medial prefrontal cortex is less used, risk takers, to become independent, lymbic system are hyper senstive during this stage while the prefronal cortex is still developing. 

Do you see your own adolescence as a problem or an opportunity?Explain.

It was an opportunity to learn right from wrong and how to become a better person. 

Make one suggestion you have for educators based on this Ted Talk. 

To learn this information so they can understand their students better.