Watch this video and answer the following questions... (be sure to "watch the complete video")
“Inside the Teenage Brain”
1. What are some examples of day-to-day activities that teenagers find
difficult?
2. How does the “use it or lose” principle apply to the teenage
brain? What is being “pruned”?
3. What is the pre-frontal cortex responsible for and how does research
connect it to teenagers’ risk-taking behaviors?
4. What does the Yurgelun-Todd research at Mclean Hospital show about
teenagers and emotions?
5. What has been cut from curriculums and the school day that researchers
believe is really important to adolescents?
6. How many hours of sleep per night do teenagers require? How much sleep
did you get last night?
7. One parent commented in the film that the one thing a
teenager needs most is connection to adults. Is there an adult in
your life you have a strong connection to? Do you consider this
person
your ally? Why?
8. How can this theory of the teenage brain create stereotypes?
