Reflection 2

Link: https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_jayne_blakemore_the_mysterious_workings_of_the_adolescent_brain?language=en#t-55553

As reviewed in the Neural Development subsection of this module, a wide range of neural and brain developments contribute to how children psychologically develop. The goal of this assignment is to provide you additional insight into neural and brain development, as well as some context from a leading scholar in the area of neuroscience and development.

For this assignment, you will first view this TED Talk video:

After viewing the video, please reflect on the wide variety of ages in which “adulthood” can be defined. For example, due to various federal and state regulations here in the United States, there is no single age marker for all adult rights and responsibilities. The voting age, the age of consent, the age at which one can marry, drive a vehicle, serve in the military, hold a job, leave school, be tried as an adult for a crime, use tobacco or alcohol, sign a contract, or take responsibility for one’s own medical information — can span a period of several years. Please select one or two of the above markers of adulthood, or one or two not mentioned above, and discuss whether the current laws in your state or nation, or the state or nation in which you currently reside, are consistent with what you are learning about brain development in this module.

Into your reflection, please incorporate the answers to the following questions:

• What period does the speaker define as beginning with puberty and ending with an
• autonomous role in society?
• What neural region does the speaker propose is associated with performing many high level cognitive processes?
• What, specifically, does the speaker propose develops rapidly in later adolescence, as is illustrated by data that show a rapid decline in error rates in the Director and No-Director experiments?

For a submission to receive full credit, the answers to the aforementioned questions must be correct and the full response will be at least 2-3 paragraphs.