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Steinberg and colleagues tested impulse control in U.S. and Chinese children at different ages, from ages 10 to 30. At age 10, Chinese and American children were not different from each other. In their 20s, Chinese children were

We need to understand the underlying causes of adolescent risk-taking. Studies by Steinberg and colleagues have consistently documented important differences between adolescents and other age groups. They include all of the following except:

The teen years are crucial for the development of self-regulation and perseverance. Even though children show different levels of self-control, the brain systems that govern these skills

The ability to control our emotions, thoughts, and behaviors is what enables us to stay focused, especially when 

What regions of the brain are pruned last, and what functions do they control?

How is the decline in brain plasticity as we leave adolescence and enter adulthood related to novelty seeking?

Students participating in KIPP programs specifically failed to demonstrate the positive effects of the program in what way?

What do we use as a typical marker of the end of adolescence?

Determination is referred to as a “noncognitive skill.” Many experts now believe it is these noncognitive factors that distinguish children who succeed from those who don’t. Steinberg argued these abilities should instead be called ___ skills.

There are two systems that change as the brain matures, the one that makes us ____ and the one that strengthens our ability to ____.