This week, we focused a lot on the human brain, specifically, the teen brain. We went over the brains rewiring that occurs in our adolescent years, the advantages of the teen brain and the basic social needs. In order to learn about these topics in more detail we completed some activities. The top 2 activities that helped me the most were watching a short film while conducting visual note taking and creating short skits. The first activity that helped me better understand this topic was watching “Why the Teen Brain Has an Evolutionary Advantage” and taking visual notes along with it. This video spoke about the advantages and disadvantages of the teen brain, as well as when the human brain reaches a fully developed stage. Some of the advantages included taking risks and learning things at a faster pace. Some of the disadvantages included not putting enough thought into decisions or overthinking decisions. At 25 years, the brain finally reaches a developed stage. It also made sure to get across the message that the human brain doesn't reach a developed stage until age 25. Taking visual notes on this video really allowed me to remember certain facts or ideas that were vital when learning about the teen brain and its rewiring stage. After learning about the teen brain in more detail we moved on to learning about the 5 basic social needs which are: status, certainty, autonomy, relatedness, and fairness. After learning An activity we did to understand a little more about each social need, we got was getting into groups of about 7 people and creating ted skits relating to each social need. Performing and watching these short skits was really fun and ensured that we knew how each social need could relate to real world examples. After in taking all this information many questions have formed including: Does the human brain rewire from adulthood to the elderly stage as it does from the teen to the adult stage?
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