what kinds of mental changes take place during teen years?

Question

what kinds of mental changes take place during teen years????

Answer 1

A lot is happening. With teens they have that whole mentality that they are invincible and that nothing can hurt them. That type of thinking follows them all the way through early adulthood till around the age of 35.

During this time as well, teenagers are going through a lot of social changes. They are making decisions for themselves and are seeking out environments that fit their own individual personalities. Their Cognitive thinking is developing rapidly, allowing them to better understand the world around them. They also tend to struggle with their identities. Teenagers allow themselves to get caught in the everyday drama of being cool and hanging with the "it crowd". This type of thinking can lead to self-conciseness, poor communication skills or even deep depression that could lead to suicide because they don't fill as if they fit in.

Puberty is also a mental change that all teenagers go through. With girls their bodies are changing as they develop a more womanly figure, with boys their thoughts are more directed to sex, their voices change and most have almost over night growth spurts.

Aroudn this time as well they can become a handle to live with as their moods change day in and day out and they began to rebel against their parents.

Teens tend to think more about the here and now rather then where they will be and what they will be doing 5 or 10 years from now. But as they continue to develop, that thought process changes gradually.

If teens grow up in a home that is nurturing and caters to their mental developments they can grow up to be healthy adult individuals.

Answer 2

There is a excellent book on this by David Walsh called "WHY Do They Act That Way?: A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen" (Paperback) by David Walsh (Author), Nat Bennett (Author). The two biggest things that are happening are the development of the frontal cortex and the changes related to an increase hormone levels. In boys, the testosterone levels increase 1000 %. Testosterone stimulates the amygedela that is responsible for lust, anger, defense. Meanwhile the prefrontal lobe is still learning its executive roles and roles to buffer or moderate desires from the amygedela. Walsh describes the need for stable, caring environments that can provide a safe place with role models so the prefrontal lobe can develop. Walsh indicates that drugs, media violence, computer games can have a detrimental effect on the successful development of the prefrontal lobe.

Answer 3

My son is 14 and so far it has not been fun. He used to be a sweet little boy but now he is the evil twin I never had ( he has a shirt that says so) he is moody, sleepys alot, stays up all night, all the time moving his room around, he has no idea how to think before he opens his mouth and feels that he is above choirs now and should get paid for just getting his butt out of bed, they anger easy so no reason and become very upset over the smallest things, most ofthe time he mopes around the house with his head down looking like someone broke his heart but he won't talk to any one all we here is EVERYTHINGS FINE alway. The way I see it is everything he was years ago now he is the opposite

Answer 4

I whatched on the news that your brain as a teen is still wiring together so many changes and developments are happening

Answer 5

every kind of change imaginable. then it'll happen again when you're an old fogie.

Answer 6

they start thinking about


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