DQ - Part 2 - Brainstorm

Discussion Questions

1. Share an example from your own adolescence of when you chose to do something risky, believing that the pros outweighed the cons.

2. Explain how dopamine levels in the adolescent brain lead to both a desire for thrill AND common feelings of boredom.

3. Why do adolescents tend to engage in risky behavior?

4. In your groups, review the hand model of the brain.

5. What is focused attention, and what does it have to do with the growth of the brain (see pp. 90-91)?