The Teen Brain vs. Teen Behavior: Which Is More Useful to Understand?

Abstract

While the Marine Corps has a vested interest in understanding the behavior of a young force, psychological research to date on how the teen brain responds to psychological stimuli such as human emotions, peer influence, and fear does not increase understanding of teen behavior. Despite including some measures of behavior, the summarized studies below focus primarily on monitoring brain activity. As illustrated by the proposed alternative questions, research dedicated to understanding or shaping teen behavior as a primary aim would be of much greater benefit to the Marine Corps than the current research on how the teen brain functions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2013
Accession Number
AD1061936

Entities

People

  • Wendy Chambers

Organizations

  • Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adolescents
  • Age Groups
  • Brain
  • Combat Injuries
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Human Behavior
  • Human Development
  • Human Emotions
  • Learning
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Training
  • Monitoring
  • Psychology
  • Training
  • Vietnam War
  • Vulnerability
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.