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Adolescence: The Science of Becoming Me
Brain development
Myelination- helps increase the speed and efficiency of the connection of neurons
Synaptic Pruning- it removes the weak neuron connections
Prefrontal Cortex-controls decision making and self control.
Reward System- The system that rewards you for your achievements.
Identity Formation
Erikson's Stage is 8 stages of life with each their own central problem that can be overcome through positive reinforcments.
Marcia's statuses is the four different type of moments in someones identity formation or destination
What a teen might say in Marcia: ID- I don't know what I want to do in life but i'm not really thinking about it, IF- My dad wants me to cook, so let me become a chef, IM- I'm not really sure what I want to do but i'm trying to figure it out, IA- Okay after a lot of soul searching I think I want to become a doctor.
Emerging childhood
one modern challenge is mental health
emerging childhood is the stage int between adult hood and adolescence where people are searching for their identity.
trait #1- instability
trait #2- self focus
In this lesson I learned that Marcia statuses is four types of moments in in finding your identity
I also learned that identity is a big thing in becoming yourself and there are many different renditions of how psychologists would describe it for example Eriksosns stage and Marcia statuses
