Goals from last week: My main goals from last week were to do well on the oral presentation and to secure a mentor. I accomplished both.
Mentor: Laurence Steinburg has agreed to assist and mentor m ein my research. I have read several of his articles during my research process, and am more than thrilled that he is donating some of his limited time to my endeavor.
Accompanied is his biography and picture
Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D., is the Distinguished University Professor and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology at Temple University. He received his A.B. in Psychology from Vassar College and his Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Cornell University. Dr. Steinberg is a former President of the Division of Developmental Psychology of the American Psychological Association and of the Society for Research on Adolescence, former Director of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice, and a member of the MacArthur Foundation’s Research Network on Law and Neuroscience. An internationally recognized expert on psychological development during adolescence, Dr. Steinberg’s research has focused on a range of topics in the study of contemporary adolescence, including adolescent brain development, risk-taking and decision-making, parent-adolescent relationships, school-year employment, high school reform, and juvenile justice. He served as a member of the National Academies’ Board on Children, Youth, and Families and chaired the Academies’ Committee on the Science of Adolescence. Dr. Steinberg was the lead scientist in the preparation of the American Psychological Association’s amicus briefs submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in Roper v. Simmons, which abolished the juvenile death penalty; Graham v. Florida, which banned the use of life without parole for juveniles convicted of non-homicide crimes; and Miller v. Alabama, which prohibited the use of mandatory life without parole for all juvenile crimes.
Dr. Steinberg is the author of approximately 350 articles and essays on growth and development during the teenage years, and the author, co-author, or editor of 17 books. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the American Psychological Association’s Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society and its Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy, as well as the National Academy of Sciences Henry and Bryna David Lectureship. In 2009, Steinberg was named the first winner of the Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize for Productive Youth Development. In 2013, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Research/Product
I have further specified my project, to focus on mainly the effects on intimate relationships due to compromises in the emotional health of teenagers ages primary from the age 14-18.
The research done by Kara Rudolf in Neighborhood disadvantage in context: the influence of urbanicity on the association between neighborhood disadvantage and adolescent emotional disorders suggests that living in a poor urban part of town can lead to increases in the occurances of emotional disorders.
Goals for next week:
Research the primary causes in compromises in the emotional health of adolescence, more to help me gain perspective on their results.
I have further specified my project, to focus on mainly the effects on intimate relationships due to compromises in the emotional health of teenagers ages primary from the age 14-18.
The research done by Kara Rudolf in Neighborhood disadvantage in context: the influence of urbanicity on the association between neighborhood disadvantage and adolescent emotional disorders suggests that living in a poor urban part of town can lead to increases in the occurances of emotional disorders.
Goals for next week:
Research the primary causes in compromises in the emotional health of adolescence, more to help me gain perspective on their results.