The article, “What’s Wrong with the Teenage Mind?” by Alison Gopnik explains the idea that puberty in kids today is starting earlier and ending later than it ever has before, resulting in “teenage weirdness;” however, it also explains that the systems of teenage brains need to adapt more and therefore are becoming more efficient.
The main idea of the article, “What’s Wrong with the Teenage Mind?” by Alison Gopnik, makes an interesting point as to how teenagers’ brains work and the desires that teenagers have. Some of these desires include the need for rewards for everything they do. Gopnik explains that teens feel better when they are rewarded with something, and therefore are more likely to do more risky things when they think they will be rewarded with something afterward. This is something that many teens can probably relate to, even if it is just getting rewarded with more social status or more friends. Teens aren’t getting less intelligent though, as Gopnik states. They are actually getting smarter, because the longer period of immaturity they have, the more experiences they will have to learn from. Learning from experiences is a major part of developing as not only an adolescent, but growing up to be the best person you can be.
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