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09 Jan 2024, 11:24
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It is a fact that teenagers are stronger and faster than children as well as more resistant to disease. It is tempting to put it down to plain stupidity: Teenagers have not yet learned how to make good choices. But that is simply not true. Psychologists have found that teenagers are about as adept as adults at recognizing the risks of dangerous behavior. Something else is at work. Scientists are finally figuring out what that “something” is. Human brains have networks of neurons that weigh the costs and benefits of potential actions. Together these networks calculate how valuable things are and how far we'll go to get them, making judgments in hundredths of a second, far from our conscious awareness.
A separate network of regions in the front of the brain is responsible for evaluating conflicting impulses. This cognitive control network allows us to hold back an action that could deliver a short-term reward if it interferes with a long-term goal. The network grows very slowly over the first 25 years of life. As a result, it works poorly in childhood, better in teens, and even better in adults.
A separate network of regions in the front of the brain is responsible for evaluating conflicting impulses. This cognitive control network allows us to hold back an action that could deliver a short-term reward if it interferes with a long-term goal. The network grows very slowly over the first 25 years of life. As a result, it works poorly in childhood, better in teens, and even better in adults.
Due to lower cognitive control, adolescents are unable to make optimal decisions.: cannot be inferred
Neurons in the human brain are responsible to make cost and benefit analyses when a human takes a risk.: can be inferred
Teen agers exhibit reduced activity in the cognitive control network compared to adults.: cannot be inferred
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1. For each of the following statements, select can be inferred if the statement can be inferred from the information provided; otherwise, select cannot be inferred.
| can be inferred | cannot be inferred | |
| Due to lower cognitive control, adolescents are unable to make optimal decisions. | ||
| Neurons in the human brain are responsible to make cost and benefit analyses when a human takes a risk. | ||
| Teen agers exhibit reduced activity in the cognitive control network compared to adults. |
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Due to lower cognitive control, adolescents are unable to make optimal decisions.: cannot be inferred
Neurons in the human brain are responsible to make cost and benefit analyses when a human takes a risk.: can be inferred
Teen agers exhibit reduced activity in the cognitive control network compared to adults.: cannot be inferred
Compared to a child, a teenager will make a sound decision while taking a risk.: True
Children have a moderate level of cognitive control.: False
Curiosity level and cognitive control are negatively correlated.: True
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2. For each of the following statements, select True if the statement is true according to the information provided; otherwise, select False.
| True | False | |
| Compared to a child, a teenager will make a sound decision while taking a risk. | ||
| Children have a moderate level of cognitive control. | ||
| Curiosity level and cognitive control are negatively correlated. |
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Compared to a child, a teenager will make a sound decision while taking a risk.: True
Children have a moderate level of cognitive control.: False
Curiosity level and cognitive control are negatively correlated.: True
All teenagers are equally susceptible to psychological troubles due to heightened brain responses and relatively low levels of cognitive control.
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3. All of the following are correct according to information provided in Tab 3 EXCEPT:
| Cognitive control matures and becomes more efficient as individuals age. | |
| Evolutionary processes may not have had sufficient time to adapt to modern risks, leading to heightened responses in the teenage brain that can potentially result in psychological troubles. | |
| All teenagers are equally susceptible to psychological troubles due to heightened brain responses and relatively low levels of cognitive control. | |
| Low levels of cognitive control may lead teen agers to anxiety, depression, addiction, or other disorders. | |
| Even well-adjusted adolescents may be inclined to make decisions based on emotional impulses rather than rational thinking. |
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All teenagers are equally susceptible to psychological troubles due to heightened brain responses and relatively low levels of cognitive control.
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