Adolescent risk-taking and social meaning : a commentary /

Adolescent risk-taking and social meaning : a commentary /

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Author / Creator:Sunstein, Cass R.
Imprint:[Chicago, Ill.] : Law School, University of Chicago, 2008.
Description:1 online resource (15 p.)
Language:English
Series:Public law and legal theory working paper ; no. 198
John M. Olin law & economics working paper ; no. 386 (2d series)
John M. Olin Program in Law & Economics working paper ; 2nd ser., no. 386.
Subject:
Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence.
Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7891026
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Other authors / contributors:University of Chicago. Law School.
Notes:Title from online title page, viewed Nov. 25, 2009.
"January 2008."
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:"Why do adolescents take risks? What is the appropriate response to adolescent risk-taking? This Commentary for a special issue of Developmental Review, discussing a set of papers in that issue, explores these questions with attention to changes in the adolescent brain, to dual-processing theory, to social influences, and to fuzzy-trace theory. It contends that adolescent risk-taking is often driven by the social meaning of risk and caution, and that social meaning operates as a tax on or a subsidy to behavior. Changes in social meaning present a serious collective action problem, but also a valuable opportunity for both law and policy."

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