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Psychology of Teenagers through Behavioral ModelPsychology of
Teenagers through Behavioral Model
The teen brain consists of four main components that contribute
to development. The first
component is the corpus callosum, which is a nerve table that
joins both sides of the brain.Although it is not completely stated
what it is responsible for it is believed that it controls
intelligence, consciousness, and self-awareness. This links to
the teen brain model because it
doesnt mature till your mid 20s which would explain why teens do
so called Dumb things,
because their brains are not fully developed. The second main
component is the frontal lobe, which
is located in the upper front part of the brain. The frontal
lobe is responsible for self-control,
judgment, organization, and regulation. The frontal lobe changes
and undergoes a series of
pruning. The first growth finishes at age five and then at about
the age of 10 the brain begins to
grow again. Which explains why most teens do not think things
threw because this part of the brain
is not fully developed. Another component is the changing in the
Parietal lobes. The parietal lobe
put together information and is in charge of senses like tactile
or touch and sight, and makes it
comprehensible. What happens to the parietal lobes is the long
nerve fibers or white matter that is
coated in fatty substance called myelin, allows the nerves to
carry information faster and more
efficiently when the process is finished. This process is
developing until late teens early 20s. Which
means the teen brain does not send or receive information as
fast or effective. The final result of
the parietal lobes is that they cant organize or incorporate the
different signs that they receive.
They do not adapt because the brain cannot react to it. Like the
parietal lobe the temporal lobes
are not developed during the teen years. The temporal lobes are
responsible for language and
emotion; they do not reach full maturity until approximately 16
years of age. The final component
of the teen brain is hormones. The females hippocampus grows
more quickly than males because
it reacts to estrogen. Females react better to the reward and
punishment system. Males however,
the amygdala grows more rapidly than females because it reacts
to androgen. Males react better to
fears and emotions, which means an adolescent male may be easier
to discipline if you put a fear in
them. By this I mean if they fear the costs they will not
disobey.
As I was deciding what topic to do my paper on I thought what I
could explain the best. Since I had
quite a rebellious teen life I thought this would be the best
topic for my paper. When I was 14 my
parents had gone on vacation to Las Vegas for a week, now me
being the not so perfect teenager
seen this as the perfect opportunity to take the car without a
license on a week long test drive in
my fathers brand new 2 week old Chevy Blazer. The first day they
were gone I decided to take off
school and go fishing in the new blazer. Since my sister went to
a different high school and wouldnt
know if I went to school or not I took this as the perfect
opportunity to ditch school and get away
with it. Well the first day every thing went great, my buddies
and me had a great time fishing and
goofing off. So me being the smartest guy in the world ditched
the whole week of school to go
fishing in my dads blazer. But the last day I decided to go to a
lake that you can only get to with afour wheel drive and thats when
the trouble started. I somehow managed to get the blazer stuck
on top of a road block like a teeter-totter with the tires
suspended in mid air. So I started walking
back to town and I got my buddy to tow me out. So I thought
everything would be fine but later I
realized a huge dent on the bottom of the car and I was like oh
man what am I gonna do. So then
I thought well maybe he wouldnt notice it until he drove it a
while and thought he might have done
it. Well as soon as they got home he seen it and like any
teenager I denied it for about 2 hours then
I finally confessed. Now naturally I got the classic beating and
yelling that one would expect for
taking a $30,000 vehicle on an off-road joy ride without a
license. Why did I do this? Well according
to the teen brain model I was using poor judgment lack of
intelligence, and lack of auditory senses.
Which I truly believe because now I realize how stupid that was
but at the time I guess you could
say I wasnt thinking which the teen brain model suggest.
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If I were the parent of a young teenager I would emphasize the
reward and punishment system
because if my parents would have rewarded my good deeds more
often I think I would have
refrained from deviant behavior. Teens are very emotional and if
you emphasize on the bad they
have done there are more likely to feel labeled as a bad kid. If
my parents would have emphasized
on my good things because believe me there were some good things
I wouldnt have defied them
as much as I did.
I feel the teen brain model theory is a good theory because it
really hits the nail on the head of how
teens act and feel. When I was a teen I remember the things I
did and I know if given the same
opportunity now I would never do those things again. If only my
parents had known about this
theory when I was a teen, it could have saved a lot punishment I
received, or maybe not. In closing
I think the teen brain will never be totally explained but this
theory really helps people understand
better.
