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Albert, Dustin; Steinberg, Laurence – Child Development, 2011
The present study examined age differences in performance on the Tower of London, a measure of strategic planning, in a diverse sample of 890 individuals between the ages of 10 and 30. Although mature performance was attained by age 17 on relatively easy problems, performance on the hardest problems showed improvements into the early 20s.…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Self Control, Late Adolescents, Age Differences
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Steinberg, Laurence; Albert, Dustin; Cauffman, Elizabeth; Banich, Marie; Graham, Sandra; Woolard, Jennifer – Developmental Psychology, 2008
It has been hypothesized that sensation seeking and impulsivity, which are often conflated, in fact develop along different timetables and have different neural underpinnings, and that the difference in their timetables helps account for heightened risk taking during adolescence. In order to test these propositions, the authors examined age…
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Adolescents, Age Differences, Puberty