118 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
118 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
118 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
Why do teenagers stay up late and struggle to get up in the morning? Do teenagers really take more risks? What is happening with teenagers’ hormones?
The Psychology of the Teenage Brain offers all those involved in teenagers’ lives insight into what’s happening in their brains and how understanding them can improve relationships and communication at this crucial stage. It explains key topics,... Read more
1. Introduction to the teenage brain
2. Introduction to teenage development
3. Raging hormones
4. Learning, learning, learning
5. The social brain
6. Wide awake at midnight
7. Is this the “snowflake generation”?
8. The teenage brain for key adults
References
Biography
John Coleman trained as a clinical psychologist and was formerly a senior research fellow at the University of Oxford. He is the founder of a research centre studying adolescents and their families, and during his career he has also run a special school for troubled teenagers and worked as a policy advisor for the government. He was awarded an OBE for services to young people in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2001.
