...ADOLESCENCE AND THE AGONY OF DECISION MAKING Adolescence and The Agony of Decision Making A Research on Adolescence and The Agony of Decision Making Mylene C. Malbas Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences Visayas State University Kristine Gil T. Belarmino Instructor ADOLESCENCE AND THE AGONY OF DECISION MAKING Abstract To date, analyses of differences between adolescents and adults have emphasized age differences in cognitive factors presumed to affect decision making. In contrast, this article examines research and theory on three psychosocial aspects of maturity of judgment: responsibility, temperance, and perspective. For several psychosocial dimensions of maturity that are likely to affect judgment, the existing evidence, while indirect and imperfect, indicates that the greatest differences are found in comparisons between early adolescents versus middle and late adolescents. Developmental research on maturity that focuses specifically on mid- and late adolescence, that simultaneously examines both cognitive and non-cognitive factors, and that investigates the relation between these factors and the ability to make good decisions is greatly needed. ADOLESCENCE AND THE AGONY OF DECISION MAKING Adolescence and The Agony of Decision Making A Review of the Literature The treatment of adolescence under the modern legal system often hinges on considerations of young people’s psychological maturity, and on...
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...Who is to blame when teenagers make destructive decisions? Teenagers, nowadays, are known for their bad decision making. They go out and drink and do drugs and just make bad, dangerous decisions. Teenagers just want to have fun and they think they can only do that at their age, when they are young. However, this is not true! Not only is it dangerous to do the things they do for fun, (like drinking and drugs), but they aren't even old enough to do those things they want to do. Most teens ignore that and also that their parents are always telling them not to do those kinds of things. They rebel and do bad things that will come back to bite them and things they will most likely regret. Teens are getting worse and worse when it comes to their decision making everyday. It is their fault if they make a bad decision because they have full control of their mind and body, and they need to start taking more responsibility for it. Parents can persuade their children but ultimately, teenagers make their own decisions. Obviously, like any other human being, teenagers have a brain and a mind of their own. Parents can try to convince their child to do the right thing in a certain situation all they want. However, it is the teenager who ultimately decides what to do with their own brain. Our parents always know what is best for us and will always tell us the right thing to do. Our parents want the best for us and would never encourage or tell us to do something dangerous or something...
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...respectful of other, as they are of themselves, be patient, forgiving, kind, loving, thoughtful. Our society does not like unruly nor disrespectful children. They do not fit into society when they are misbehaved and become delinquent children. They will be seen as trouble makers and as such do not fit well into society. It is very vital for parents to control the lives of their children. Parents need to help them to develop good decision making skills and to provide security both physically and emotionally. Parents are obligated to provide food, clothing and shelter for their teenage children. Therefore, if parents are the ones providing the necessities of life they should have full control over their children lives as teenagers. Teenagers are very dependent on their parents. They look to their parents for guidance. Some teenagers see their parents as their friend, confident, comforter. Although some teenagers may have part-time jobs the majority of them still rely on their parents to provide the basic needs of life. Some teenagers do not value their parents control over their lives. Even though they know that without parents being there...
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...November 2011 Does Anyone Really Know How Parents and Teenagers Co-exist? Well I know anyone can relate to having an argument or two with their parents over the course of time but does understand how that the adolescent stage of a person’s life is this most important stage of their life. I believe personally that parents should allow their teenagers the freedom to make their own decisions because of the circumstances that will be soon to come. I am writing this essay to describe why teenagers should be able to express their rights as adults. Either the term close restriction or freedom of expression, of the young teenage mind is meant for some than the other. We are all lucky that we live in a country where freedom becomes a right and I believe that along with conducting themselves responsibly that teenagers should be able to express themselves and be able to experience the freedom they will receive in adulthood, which is expressed into greater detail in the news article “Psychologist Explains Teens’ Risky Decision-Making Behavior” from sciencedaily.com which elaborates on why teenagers have the tendencies that they have. Well as anyone can relate everyone we know in one way or another was raised differently from each other, including myself in their matter. But we all have one thing in common, we feel that at times it is wrong for a certain person to be dictate our lives as if we had no way of being responsible. Being a teenager is one of the greatest times of your life and it is...
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...among teenagers, it is crucial for young adults to understand that if they participate in the act they should be protected. We can’t stop teenagers from participating in sexual activity, but we can provide them will tools that will allow them to be safe. Many teenagers are interested in engaging in sexual activity and need to be protected. By the age of nineteen, seven out of ten teens engaged in intercourse (Mosher 47). As teenagers become sexually active, more than half don’t use protection. In a survey hosted by Today.com, it was concluded that 52 percent of the respondents do not use protection when having sex. A sexually active teen who does not use a contraceptive has a 90% chance of becoming pregnant within a year (Abma 21). The Alan Guttmacher Institution stated 1.2 million teens become pregnant each year (Bender 13). The statistics are shocking to many, and they will continue to grow if teenagers don’t practice safe sex. If public schools distributed contraceptives and students took advantage of it, then there would be a decrease in teen pregnancy rates. On average, teenagers lose their virginity at the age of fifteen (Coffey). Because the majority of these sexually active teens are under the age of 18, many teenagers that are interested in sex are too scared to buy condoms or use birth control in fear that their parents will find out. The percentage of teenagers having sex without condoms rose from 38 percent in 2009 to 53 percent in 2011 (Romero). Teenagers are sexually...
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...A TEENAGER who is a Jehovah's Witness declines a potentially life-saving blood transfusion. Another teenager, self-conscious and strongly believing that it will make her happier, requests surgery to enlarge her breasts. When children and adolescents make decisions that may be against their best interests, should we respect their choice? In Britain last week, there was much discussion about the decision of 13-year-old Hannah Jones to refuse a heart transplant. Without one it seems likely that she will die in the next six months. The transplant would probably prolong her life by at least several years, and improve her ability to get around, be active and independent. About half the adults in Britain who receive heart transplants live for 10 years or longer. In Hannah's case, the transplant would carry the extra risk of a recurrence of leukaemia, which she had when she was a young child. Last month an article was published in the Journal of Adolescent Health describing the rising popularity in the US of plastic surgery for teenagers. These include liposuction, breast enlargements and tummy tucks. But the surgery can have complications, and there is no evidence that it leads to improved body image in the long term. Advertisement Some might see these contrasting cases as patient choice gone too far. Medical decisions for minors have traditionally been guided by their "best interests". Doctors are supposed to try to maximise the benefits for their young patients while...
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...Journal of Consumer Research Inc. Adolescent Influence in Family Decision Making: A Replication with Extension Author(s): Sharon E. Beatty and Salil Talpade Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of Consumer Research, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Sep., 1994), pp. 332-341 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2489824 . Accessed: 02/01/2012 20:39 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. The University of Chicago Press and Journal of Consumer Research Inc. are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Journal of Consumer Research. http://www.jstor.org Adolescent Making: A Influence Replication in with Family Decision Extension SHARON E. BEATTY SALILTALPADE* In this article, we replicate and extend several elements of E. Foxman, P. Tansuhaj, and K. Ekstrom's 1989 study of adolescent influence, while providing an integrative model of teenager influence and a new scale of perceived relative influence. Further, we examine the effect of parental...
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...depths of high risk teenagers and risky sexual behavior. My inspiration for this project comes from my cousin personal experience with becoming pregnant of an early age young age due to her promiscuous behavior. My topic relates to the course content in terms of children at risk throughout my life arts project work I will provide an overview of research pertaining to adolescent's decision making, early sexual activity, and other risky behaviors, as well as describing the roles of parent and school on what they need in assisting teens in avoiding life altering decisions. The method that I will use is "How open are you" questionnaire that will pertain to my peers of which many are parents on how open are they in talking to their teens about sexual activity as well, as literature review. In my oral presentation, I will present my findings. The term risky behavior is almost always used in a sexual sense, implying behaviors and actions that increase the chance of contracting or transmitting disease, and the increase the chance of the occurrence of unwanted pregnancy. In today's society, sexual activity has become more prevalent amongst teenagers. This social issue has been argued by many, of the contributing factors that would cause teens to engage in sexual behaviors. The factors that contribute to these behaviors vary. Skimming though the channels on television, one may notice that the language, sexual content and themes for programs targeting teenagers have dramatically changed...
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...Sociology Assignment 1 –Developmental Milestones 15 Years Old Physical At the age of 15, teenagers begin to develop both physical and sexual characteristics. However, the rate of growth on both males and females are different as females have already overcome their growth spurt whereas males have just reached puberty. Females at this age tend to put on weight due to the development of the breasts, thighs, and buttocks whereas males increase in weight due to the development of muscles and other sexual characteristics such as the enlargement of the penis and testes as well as the development of the “Adam’s apple”. The main distinction that sets teenagers apart from kids is the deepening of the voice in males, and the regulation of menstruation...
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...Should teenagers be discouraged from doing plastic surgery? What is plastic surgery? Plastic surgery is ‘the process of reconstructing or repairing parts of the body by the transfer of tissue, either in the treatment of injury or for cosmetic reasons’ (Oxford Dictionaries, 2010). Sushrutha from India, who is known as the ‘Father of Plastic Surgery’, had carried out plastic surgery a millennium before Hippocrates as well as two millenniums before European stalwarts such as Celsius and Galen (Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2009). Today, plastic surgery is becoming very popular among all people especially for teenagers. The number of teenage girls who underwent breast implant had increased from 3,872 to 11,326 in Washington, DC, USA. Based on the information from American Society of Plastic Surgeons, cosmetic implants have become very popular for all people. There were 32,000 women who underwent breast implants for augmentation in the year of 1992 whereas there was a high increase of number by the year 2003 which is 247,000 in Washington, DC, USA (Boodman, 2004). This shows that there is an increasing demand for plastic surgery. Although plastic surgery is very popular among teenagers nowadays, there are several negative drawbacks in having plastic surgery. Therefore, the main purpose of this essay is to indicate the negative drawbacks on plastic surgery in various aspects such as psychological, physical and monetary. Everyone knows that plastic surgery can help people improve...
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...Control and Prevention, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers in the United States.” ------------------------------------------------- “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers in the United States.” Over the last decade, teenage car crashes and teenage deaths have increased significantly. “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers in the United States” (McBride). This can be due to many reasons including a teen’s maturity level. The older a person is, the more mature they tend to be. This is not true for all people because if it were then all driving teenagers would end up in vehicle accidents. Maturity does have a lot to do with it and I feel that if the national driving age would be lifted to 18 years then this country would experience less of these occurrences. I have done much research on the subject of teens and maturity. All of the sources I have read say pretty much the same thing – the different parts of a person’s brain mature at different stages in their life. “The cortex is the part of the brain that controls thinking, decision making, and judgment” (Johnson 51). Compared to adults, most teens and adolescents lack the proper skills to problem solve and make smart decisions. This is due to the fact that, for most people, the cortex fully develops in a person’s...
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...During the growth process, teenager is an important stage. It is time when children take shape in both biology and psychology. Teenagers want to affirm their own personalities; some people think that parents or adult relatives should make important decisions for teenagers. However, I definitely disagree with that statement. In my opinion, parents or relatives adult should assist teenagers instead of making important decisions for them. This allows teenagers to learn about responsibility, independence, and personal development. Firstly, when teenagers make their own decisions, they will learn about responsibilities for the corollary to their decisions. In my experience, when I graduated from high school, my parents let me choose the university that I would study. It was a crucial decisions because it would change whole my life. I had to choose a university that suit to my study's ability. My parents were always next to me and they supported me a lot. It was a difficult time to me. I wondered why my parents didn't choose for me. But now, I have understood that no one can help you make your decisions except you. I learn about responsibilities for my decisions. Although I have some problem with my current university, I feel very happy because my decision is right. Secondly, when my parents let me make my own decisions, I become more independent and confident. I realize that my parents will not always be next to me all the time. Someday, they will leave me forever. My parents have...
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...However, it is becoming more common for young adults and teenagers to have plastic surgery. One of the more popular plastic surgery routines is getting breast implants. When asked, teenagers expressed that they often feel awkward and flawed, and plastic surgery helps to “fix” their bodies. Teenagers seem to think that plastic surgery is the quick answer to fitting in with their peers. Our society has accepted that individuals of all ages are choosing to go under the knife in attempts to “correct” their bodies; including teenagers. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), there were 286,254 breast augmentations performed in the year 2014. Breast augmentation rates as the top procedure for women in America. Breast augmentation is a surgical procedure to increase the shape, size, and fullness of the female breast. While breast augmentation is a customary choice for adult women, the expanding popularity of breast augmentation with teenagers has led to a lot of criticism and speculation. There is little doubt that being a teenager is tough. Hormones, academic stress, and peer pressure are everyday struggles for the average American teen. In addition to this stress put on young females, there is the additional fact that body image is generally a big part of the problem. During teenage years the body is changing, and young girls start to realize that their body may not fit in with others anymore. Teenagers are very susceptible in the complex issues of self-esteem...
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...story in order to show the reader that some teenagers avoid adulthood because they are not quite ready for the responsibility. Not only are they not ready because they are young and still do ignorant things, but also because their brain is not fully developed. In Richard Knox’s “The Teen Brain: It’s Just Not Grown Up Yet,” he informs the reader that the frontal lobes of the brain are not fully connected in adolescence. The frontal lobes are a crucial part of the brain because it differentiates between what is a good idea and what is a bad idea. Since the frontal lobes control decision making, and the frontal lobes in adolescence are not connected which forces decision making to be sluggish, then that is why teenagers make poor choices. This is what seems to be the problem with Holden Caulfield, the narrator of the novel. Holden does not make the smartest decision multiple times throughout the story. Because of the frontal lobe disconnection in Holden’s brain caused him to attack Stradlater, almost have sex with a prostitute, and to not care about school....
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...best interests on healthy issues”. Dr Wilkinson provided few examples about whether we should respect teenagers and adolescents medical decisions against their best interest. He also provided few steps to help parents if their children making improperly medical decisions that would threaten their best interest. In the following critical thinking essay, it will analysis the major topic that Dr Wilkinson mentioned and provided two sides evaluations, including strengths and fallacies in the article. Analysis Main arguments Based on analyzing the major topic about “Healthy case for letting doctors judge teen’s best interests”, Dr Wilkinson believed that we should respect adolescents’ medical decisions if it towards to their best interests. On the contrast, if their final decision is deemed as wrong, then the parents should decide what is the best for their child or teenager for long-term wellbeing. Therefore, the paternalism still exists in medicine and we should resist the trend to allow them control over medical decisions if their children made wrong decisions that put threats to their healthy issues (Wilkinson, 2008). To conclusion, the main argument from Dr Wilkinson’s topic is to respect younger patients’ opinions on their best interests and the paternalism still important in medicine. Three premises In the past, minors were not allowed to making medical decisions because of their age and incompetence, which will be the main reason that related to Dr Wilkinson’s article...
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