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How Does Behavior Affect The Way Adolescents Behave?

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There are many areas of adolescent development that can be evaluated. I believe the way adolescents behave is one of the most important areas of development for adolescents because during this age it is common to experience many emotions which impact a person’s behavior. For adolescents, there is a lot going on with the body physically and mentally which can affect the way one acts, or behaves. These experiences can affect the way an adolescent behaves in every situation, especially at school. This is significant because at this age is where adolescents start to experiment and become acquainted with the notion that education is not that important. The way an adolescent behaves can impact the student’s education in many ways, good and bad. Before explaining the ways that behavior can …show more content…

To begin, one of the most prominent ways that adolescents learn their behaviors is through role-modeling. In a research study Furman and Sibthorp conducted, they found that teens were more likely to repeat a behavior and keep using a behavior if the adolescents were around that behavior for a long period of time (14 days straight). Expedition behavior was the behavior used in this study (through NOLS curriculum), which is defined as someone having to be as concerned about others as you would be concerned for yourself and to be kind, open hearted, respectful, and honest. The project was completed with 57 14 and 15 year olds at summer camp where they were only exposed to these behaviors, and were living in an environment that was unlike home. The results of the research were astonishing. Out of the 57 teens in the

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