The Distracted Teenage Brain

Allure

• attraction, appeal

• sincere or passionate in their convictions

• vertical or horizontal

• person who is in the transitional stage from a child into an adult.

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In Earnest

• person who is in the transitional stage from a child into an adult.

• vertical or horizontal

• someone is sincere or passionate in their convictions.

• attraction, appeal

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Direction

• attraction, appeal

• that someone is sincere or passionate in their convictions.

• vertical or horizontal

• person who is in the transitional stage from a child into an adult

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Adolescent

• A young person who is in the transitional stage from a child into an adult

• vertical or horizontal

• attraction, appeal

• in earnest

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Prefrontal Cortex

• in earnest

• the part of the brain involved in making plans and decisions.

• the part of the brain involved in making art.

• the part of the brain that makes you breathe.

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Rewards entice teens _____ than they do adults.

• more

• less

• about the same

• even small ones

Teens tend to _____ doing things they once found rewarding, even after the actual payoff is long gone

• stop

• pause

• continue

• quit

Match the following

• up/down

• Orientation

• attract

• Horizontal

• side to side

• Vertical

• direction of a thing

• Entice

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Which of the following statements best expresses the central idea of the article?

• Teenagers' brains are more easily distracted because they use social media and text while driving more often than adults

• Teenagers are more likely than adults to take risks for money based on a study in Iowa City.

• Teenagers are more prone to distraction because they are more attracted to or focused on potential rewards.

• Teenagers often do not realize why they want rewards because their brains are still developing.

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Which of the following quotes best supports the idea that teenagers are more prone to distraction because they are more attracted to or focused on potential rewards?

• "For some volunteers, green circles provided a large (10-cent) reward and red circles provided a small (2-cent) reward." (Paragraph 4)

• "'The study demonstrates that the attention of adolescents is especially drawn to rewarding information'" (Paragraph 12)

• "These data may help explain why teens engage in risky behavior, he says." (Paragraph 12)

• "When distractions are not readily available, it will be easier to focus attention on the things that matter most." (Paragraph 14)

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