Content Review

-Respond to each item. Each response should be concise and between two and three paragraphs in length.

-Use MS Word to write your responses, and submit your answers to all three questions in one Word document.

-Copy and paste each question within the document, so that your instructor can see which question you are responding to.

1- As discussed the brain continues to undergo significant physical changes during adolescence. Describe two ways that brain development typically contributes to changes in thinking and behavior as individuals progress through adolescence. Provide two specific examples of how most adolescents think and reason based on the information of the course text.

2- Although identity formation does not begin or end in adolescence, it seems to take on greater importance during this period. Based on the information, explain three reasons why this is so. (Consider the concept of the actual self and possible self; the influences of gender, culture, ethnicity, and sexual orientation; and the development of autonomy during this stage of development.)

3- When children enter adolescence, many important changes and adjustments occur in their relationships. Then, describe three causes of stress or changes in relationships that adolescents may experience, and discuss factors that may promote or inhibit adolescents' ability to cope with these stressors.