How are adolescents different than adults regarding responsiveness to rewards and sensitivity to loss?

The ___ is the brain’s CEO, responsible for higher-level cognitive skills, like planning ahead and coordinating emotions and conscious thoughts. 

What changes occur in the dopamine system during puberty?

How are endocrine disruptors involved in changes in pubertal growth?

As we age from childhood to adolescence, the nucleus accumbens grows larger, thus enhancing our ability to 

Steinberg and others have made the case that adolescents are inherently less mature than adults in ways that make them less responsible for their crimes. The combination of an easily aroused ___ but a still developing ___ makes minors more impulsive.

The correlation between childhood and adulthood intelligence is higher than the correlation between childhood impulsivity and adult impulsivity. That means impulsivity is

More than anything else, determination requires ____. The ability to control our emotions, thoughts, and behaviors is what enables us to stay focused, especially when things get difficult, unpleasant, or tedious.

More than 80% of foreign students who have attended American high schools report that their schools back home are

Parents shouldn’t worry about whether their 20-something child is taking too long to grow up. If they are engaged in ______, this promotes the development of self-regulation.