Hall believed that just as species evolve, individuals also go through stages of development.
I like that Hall makes note of this while crediting Darwin‘s theory as well. Yes, we evolved but there’s more to it than just our forms and biological beings. It is the community and society around us that contributes to what we are.
Things like family life, culture, school, and personal experiences all influence how people think and act.
while yes, your brain itself is what influences the decisions you make and shapes you as a person. It is not the sole reason for the actions and development of adolescence.
According to this theory, the parts of the brain involved in emotions and social rewards develop faster during adolescence than the parts responsible for careful, long-term thinking. As a result, teens may be
this would explain why adolescence tend to get the reputation that their prefrontal cortex makes them irrational or immature.
In this view, adolescence became an important turning point, a stage where young people were expected to make decisions that would shape the kind of adults they would become (Arnett, 1999).
I find it important for adolescence to make these big decisions. This even connects to the video we watched which emphasize the importance of the risks that adolescence take.