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In a May 2023 Scientific American article, I was introduced to the concept of recreational fear (Martinez-Conde & Macknik, 2023). Of course, we’re all familiar with it. It was the term that was news to me. People who are into recreational fear do things that are scary—for fun: roller coasters, bunge...

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Listen to this episode from Speaking of Psychology on Spotify. There’s a common stereotype is that teenagers’ brains are immature and underdeveloped, and that teens are “hard-wired” to take unwise risks and cave to peer pressure. But psychologists’ research suggests these negative stereotypes are unfounded and that the teen years are a time opportunity and growth as well as risk. Eva Telzer, PhD, explains why teens take more risks and why that risk-taking is sometimes beneficial, why parents have more influence than they think, and how social media and other technology use may be affecting teens’ behavior and development.   For transcripts, links and more information, please visit the Speaking of Psychology Homepage.

Sheet1 Baker, D., & Chartier, C. R. (2018). Participant attentiveness to consent forms. Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, 23, 142-146. a href="https://doi.org/10.24839/2325-7342.JN23.2.141"https://doi.org/10.24839/2325-7342.JN23.2.141/a This very accessible article describes an expe...

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