Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-376) and index. Adolescence as a unique developmental stage --The genetics and evolution of adolescence --Sex differences, puberty, and the hormonal reawakening of adolescence --The brain, its development, and the neuroscience of adolescence --Development of cognitive skills --Risk-taking, impulsiveness, and the emergence of self-control --Social behavior and the emotions of adolescence --Alcohol and drug use and abuse --Adolescence and the emergence of psychological disorders --Adolescent vulnerabilities and opportunities.

Classification

• LCC: BF724

Book Details

• Language: eng
• Physical Description: xvii, 391 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects

• Health, Mind & Body -- Psychology & Counseling -- Adolescent Psychology
• Health, Mind & Body -- Psychology & Counseling -- Child Psychology -- Psychology
• Health, Mind & Body -- Psychology & Counseling -- Neuropsychology
• Health, Mind & Body -- Psychology & Counseling -- General
• Medicine -- Internal Medicine -- Neurology -- Neuroscience
• Professional & Technical -- Medical -- Medicine -- Internal Medicine -- Neurology -- Neuroscience
• Adolescent psychology
• Developmental neurophysiology
• Developmental psychobiology

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