issues and debates (part B)

• ethnocentric 


  united states of america

  however brains are universal
• psychology as a science

  lab procedures

  FMRI scans

  standardised procedures throughout

  quantitative data
• useful


  helps to develop our understanding teen risk taking. parents, teachers can use this to understand the development of a teens brain
• nature


  neurological (brain)
• nurture


  the change/development of the brain over time through the surroundings
• determinism


  research says that our actions are purely controlled by brain function and ignores individual differences amongst teenager risk taking
• free-will


  we ultimately have choice to take the risk or not