“Minds On” Activity Intro to Adolescent Development

The adolescents I know often have a tendency to swing between extremes, for instance to go from

happy to sad, bored to enthused, and so on

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Adolescents are very similar to their parents in personality, values and beliefs

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When I was in grades 7, 8, 9 and 10, particularly, I noticed that a lot of people were hyper concerned

about how they looked and hated drawing any sort of attention to themselves

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Teens can be irrational and in fact have an underdeveloped part of the brain that is used for

reasoning

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I am more influenced by my friends than my family

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I know who I am, what I stand for and so on

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When I was in grades 9 and 10 I was more likely to conform to my peers, but now that I am older

and maturing, I am more okay with being an individual

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When I grow up, I will move out, get married and have children in that order.

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