Major psychological influences on adolescent behaviour.
Evaluate some of the major psychological influences on adolescent behaviour.
Requirements:
3000 word Essay, using material from Part 2 Middle Years and Part 3 Adolescence, three themes, externally sourced material, attach your completed Skills Audit.
Stimulus material
Young, E. (2018) ‘New insights into teen risk-taking — their “hot” inhibitory control is poorer than children’s’, The British Psychological Society Research Digest, 1 February.
The ‘stimulus article’ approach
The assessments for this module begin with ‘stimulus’ material, often based on research published in peer-reviewed journals. This approach allows you to see how the module material relates to novel contexts and to current issues, such as refugee children, gang membership or screen-time for young people. By showing us you can be flexible with the concepts you have learned, we can assess what you know.
• Read the stimulus article.
• Make notes on what you think are the main points. • Use the module material to take a critical view on the stimulus article.
• Integrate this into the main body of your essay, which will be based on the module material.
Above all, we are looking to reward the qualities of a good academic essay: your answer will bring insight into the question being asked by using relevant evidence.
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