Hoodlum Kids Research Paper

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Reflection Paper 3
Hoodlum Kids
Sarahi Reynaga
MSMU

Reflection Paper 3 I’ve always liked to pay attention to the way kids interact with each other and the way they behave around their parents, as compared to when they’re not around. At family gatherings I like to sit outside, usually in the front yard where all the kids are, and just watch them play. Sometimes they notice I’m there watching, and other times they don’t, and I’ve noticed that if one of them, usually the oldest, starts doing something that can be either good or bad, the other younger ones seem to imitate him. These actions may have been triggered by mirror neurons, or frontal lobe neurons that some scientists believe fire when performing certain actions or when observing

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