Friday, January 9, 2009

The Primal Teen - Page 44 - 66

Comments:
Wow girls are more emotional then boys.
The brain controls the opposites sides.
Teenagers can surprises you sometimes.
Some girls like different things then other girls.
Boys can be stupied sometimes.

Questions:
How come girls get more emotional than boys?
When do boys reach emotional maturity?
Is there a reason for this?
Does the brain altered any of this?

Vocabulary:
Schizophrenia -
Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations
Congnitive - of or pertaining to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes
Tangible - capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial

Literary Terms:
Simile - "where children who have so many needs, will get an environment early on that is like rats with toys in their cage"
Characterization - " It may be a reason why young girls often seem to attain emotional maturity before boys"

Overview Sentence:
How the brain controls the change that happens when teenagers go through puberty.

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