Human Growth and Development / Unit 9 HGD 1251 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Teens Know the Risks
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The idea
Adolescents perceive the riskiness of choices about as accurately as adults do; they weigh rewards more heavily, especially with peers present.
In practice
A teen who can list every danger of drunk driving still getting into a friend's car after a party.
Where people slip
The misconceptions are that teens take risks because they feel invincible or do not know the dangers; awareness alone changes little.
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