Why are teenagers so notorious for making impulsive decisions? The three articles, “The Teen Brain: Still Under Construction”, “Why Are Teenagers So Impulsive”, and “Why Teenagers May Be Smarter Than You Think,” may help to clarify this. While it may seem that teenagers make their spontaneous decisions based on randomness or pure thoughtlessness, a better explanation of adolescence irrationality would be a lack of brain development, or rather a difference between the maturity of the teen and adult brain. This difference is what has shaped the stereotype of the typical teenager as impulsive, spontaneous, and dramatic.
Teenagers as a whole are infamous for their rashness and overall wild nature. They are depicted in movies and books as creatures separate from the human race, with a mind of their own. However, it is now …show more content…
Teens are often portrayed as emotional monsters. A young person’s intense emotions and dramatic flair could also find fault in the facts that “the parts of the brain involved in emotional responses are fully online, or even more active in adults, while the parts of the brain involved in keeping emotional, impulsive responses in check are still reaching maturity” (“NIMH”). This reason would clarify the constant necessity for drama in a usual adolescent’s life. Furthermore, teenagers “specifically struggle with keeping their cool in social situations” (Underwood). Studies have found that many crimes committed in adolescence are directly linked to social situations, such as emotional conflict. Many times, teens battle with holding in strong emotion. If that battle is not handled in the correct way, they could be led to do something dire. In general, teenagers have always struggled with handling their emotions, and this all goes towards explaining why adolescence is so directly linked to a hormonal
Teenagers as a whole are infamous for their rashness and overall wild nature. They are depicted in movies and books as creatures separate from the human race, with a mind of their own. However, it is now …show more content…
Teens are often portrayed as emotional monsters. A young person’s intense emotions and dramatic flair could also find fault in the facts that “the parts of the brain involved in emotional responses are fully online, or even more active in adults, while the parts of the brain involved in keeping emotional, impulsive responses in check are still reaching maturity” (“NIMH”). This reason would clarify the constant necessity for drama in a usual adolescent’s life. Furthermore, teenagers “specifically struggle with keeping their cool in social situations” (Underwood). Studies have found that many crimes committed in adolescence are directly linked to social situations, such as emotional conflict. Many times, teens battle with holding in strong emotion. If that battle is not handled in the correct way, they could be led to do something dire. In general, teenagers have always struggled with handling their emotions, and this all goes towards explaining why adolescence is so directly linked to a hormonal