Category
Cognitive Development & Aging
12 free guides in this category.
Adolescent Risk & Control
Adaptive Risk-Taking
The strategic pursuit of uncertain opportunities that promote growth and development while managing potential downsides.
Read guideDigital Risk-Taking
How adolescents navigate online opportunities and hazards, shaped by developing brains and social worlds.
Read guideHot vs. Cold Cognition
Explores the difference between our logical, calm thinking ('cold') and our emotional, impulsive thinking ('hot') and how it impacts our decisions.
Read guideLocus of Control
Understand your belief system about whether you or external forces control your life's outcomes.
Read guideParental Monitoring and Control
The ways parents track their children's activities and set boundaries to protect them during adolescence.
Read guidePeer Pressure vs. Influence
Distinguish between feeling forced to conform (pressure) and being shaped by others' examples (influence).
Read guideScaffolding Decision-Making
Providing temporary, graduated support that helps learners build independent decision-making skills through guided practice and gradually fading assistance.
Read guideSocial Identity and Risk
Explore how the groups we belong to can fundamentally change our perception of danger and our willingness to take risks.
Read guideAdolescent Brain Mismatch
Explores why adolescents are prone to risk-taking due to the developmental gap between their brain's reward-seeking and self-control systems.
Read guideThe Imaginary Audience
The common feeling that everyone is watching and judging you, as if you are on stage and they are the audience.
Read guideThe Role of Dopamine
Explores how the neurotransmitter dopamine influences motivation, learning, and risk-taking, particularly during adolescence.
Read guideSensation-Seeking Trait
Explores the personality trait defined by a search for intense, novel experiences and a willingness to take risks to obtain them.
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