Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain

When the author states that “adolescents get a kick out of taking risks” (8), he means that these risks result in __________.

• a serious punishment

• a physical pain

• a positive emotion

• a financial boost

Which BEST represents the relationship between

the limbic system and the prefrontal cortex in

adolescence, according to Steinberg and Casey?

• The mature limbic system usually has

  greater influence than the less-developed

  prefrontal cortex.

• Both systems reward risk-taking, but one is stronger than the othe.

• The prefrontal cortex causes risk-taking

  behavior, but the limbic system rewards it.

• One system has started to function by this stage,

  but the other has not.

Which of the following examples BEST

demonstrates the meaning of someone not being

able to stop themselves from doing something in

the heat of the moment?

• A shopper deciding to purchase one gift item

  instead of another

• A driver in a car with faulty brakes speeding out

  of control down a hill

• A person saying something they will later regret

  during an argument

• A boss firing an employee who was caught

  stealing from the business

Paragraph 12 states that the author’s team decided

the sign of a mature brain region was that it had

ceased ________.

• growing

• changing

• aging

• reacting

Which statement BEST summarizes paragraph 6 without personal opinions or judgements?

• Steinburg has carried out more studies on adolescence than Blakemore, the author of this book.

• Steinburg's findings on adolescent behavior are the most compelling findings that have been published in recent years.

• Steinburg is trying to convince the public that adolescents should not be prosecuted for breaking the law.

• Steinberg argues that brain development should be considered when young people are accused of crimes.

Select the paragraph in which readers will find

out why the author’s team performed their 2014

analysis on the question of adolescent brain

development.

• Paragraph 7: In the late 2000s, Steinberg, along

  with other researchers including B.J. Casey,

  proposed a theory to explain why risk-taking

  peaks in adolescence....

• Paragraph 8: The theory suggests that this

  results in a ‘developmental mismatch’ ....

• Paragraph 9: These theories are based on the

  assumption that the brain’s reward and emotion

  systems .....

• Paragraph 10: We returned to the MRI data

  from Jay Giedd and Judith Rapoport’s ....

What does paragraph 10 tell the readers?

• It explains how the author's team determined which groups of participant brain scans were usable in the study.

• It explains how the author's team checked each participants brain scan for image quality.

• It explains that the author's team examined the volume of gray matter in each brain region.

What does paragraph 11 tell the reader?

• It explains how the author's team determined which groups of participant brain scans were usable in the study.

• It explains how the author's team checked each participant's brain scan for image quality.

• It explains that the author's team examined the volume of gray matter in each brain region.

What does paragraph 12 tell the reader?

• It explains how the author's team determined which groups of participant brain scans were usable in the study.

• It explains how the author's team checked each participant's brain scan for image quality.

• It explains that the author's team examined the volume of gray matter in each brain region.

Which of the following BEST describes the author's purpose in writing the passage?

• To prove that Steinberg and Casey's work left important questions unanswered.

• To explain Steinberg and Casey's theories and how her own team helped provide evidence for them.

• To show how her own team’s evidence disproved

  Steinberg and Casey’s theories

• To argue that her team’s work was the

  foundation for theories that Steinberg and Casey

  later developed.