A person’s adolescent years are a life changing and marking time. For years, people have believed that the time of rebellion that adolescents go through is part of a mystery that all young people experience. That significant period in an adolescent’s life is called the period of storm and stress. Adolescent storm and stress is not only inevitable, but it is a time where people have to be the most understandable with their young adults. Preventing the brain from developing is something that is obviously unavoidable, similarly to how it is nearly impossible to think that a young person will not be influenced by society. The way the brain develops has a powerful correlation with the way they associate themselves with society.
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Dr. Laurence Steinberg describes the idea of developmental plasticity in the book “Age of Opportunity”. Steinberg (Chapter 2, 2014) describes how many important events occur during these years and those experiences get into a person’s brain and mold who they are. There is an old saying in the Hispanic culture that translated into English says, tell me who is around you and I will tell you who you are. It is clear that each individual is a product of their environment and the people who surround them. Youth usually hang out with other youth. Majority of those young people become influenced by pop culture and the messages they portray. Since adolescents are very vulnerable and naïve during this time because of their brain development, they are more likely to adapt to their environment. Jeffery Jensen Arnett (1999) describes how the globalization of young people occurs because of the simple fact that adolescents spend a lot more time with their peers than with their parents. Adolescents slowly become very similar to those who surround them and it is inevitable to experience that change caused by their
It has been scientifically …show more content…
Dr. Laurence Steinberg describes the idea of developmental plasticity in the book “Age of Opportunity”. Steinberg (Chapter 2, 2014) describes how many important events occur during these years and those experiences get into a person’s brain and mold who they are. There is an old saying in the Hispanic culture that translated into English says, tell me who is around you and I will tell you who you are. It is clear that each individual is a product of their environment and the people who surround them. Youth usually hang out with other youth. Majority of those young people become influenced by pop culture and the messages they portray. Since adolescents are very vulnerable and naïve during this time because of their brain development, they are more likely to adapt to their environment. Jeffery Jensen Arnett (1999) describes how the globalization of young people occurs because of the simple fact that adolescents spend a lot more time with their peers than with their parents. Adolescents slowly become very similar to those who surround them and it is inevitable to experience that change caused by their