The 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 parent...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Jacobs, Janis E. (-), Klaczynski, Paul A.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates 2005.
Edición:1st ed
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Sumario: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 of children and adolescents, asking why they make risky choices, how they can be taught to be better decision makers, and what types of age-related changes occur in decision making. This book serves
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (379 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781135633523
9781410613660