
Development of Judgment and Decision Making in Children and Adolescents
In recent years, newspaper articles, television specials, and other media events have focused on the numerous hard decisions faced by today''s youth, often pointing to teen pregnancy, drug use, and delinquency as evidence of faulty judgment. Over the past 10 years, many groups - including parents, educators, policymakers, and researchers - have become concerned about the decision-making abilities ...
In recent years, newspaper articles, television specials, and other media events have focused on the numerous hard decisions faced by today''s youth, often pointing to teen pregnancy, drug use, and delinquency as evidence of faulty judgment. Over the past 10 years, many groups - including parents, educators, policymakers, and researchers - have become concerned about the decision-making abilities ...