Question

risk-taking behaviors
3 in adults, parts of the brain work in conjunction to evaluate choices
and make judgments. teens lack the capacity to make careful choices
consistently, since not all parts of their brains are working in unison. while the
parts of the brain for making judgments develop slowly, the parts which seek
pleasure and reward develop rather quickly. this accounts, at least in part, for
risk - taking behaviors, which also peak during adolescence. in lab
experiments, teenagers consistently take more chances than adults, in
everything from card games to simulated driving sessions. the fact is, teens
seem to love and value the thrill more during their teenage years than in any
other period of their lives. while purely impulsive behavior generally begins to
decline around age ten, the passionate love of the thrill peaks at around age
fifteen. parents can verify that, generally between the ages of fifteen and
twenty - five, teens and young adults can involve themselves in a wide variety
of risky adventures. despite the contention by some that teens are simply
being foolish, the scientific explanation is that teens do not fully comprehend
the dangers of their behaviors. they simply evaluate risks versus rewards
differently from adults. put another way, teens value rewards, even if risk is
involved, more heavily than adults do.
read the sentence below from paragraph 3.
while the parts of the brain for making judgments develop slowly, the
parts which seek pleasure and reward develop rather quickly.
which of the following would represent this information?
○ a chart showing the types of reward/pleasure seeking decisions teens
often make to their parents surprise
○ a timeline showing a history of innovations in brain research,
specifically related to brain development
○ a diagram of the reward and judgment centers of the human brain,
including labeled lobes and nerve cells
○ a line graph depicting the average rates of development in both the
judgment and reward parts of the brain

Explanation:

The text discusses the different development rates of brain parts related to judgment and reward - seeking. A line graph depicting the average rates of development in both the judgment and reward parts of the brain would visually represent this comparison of development speeds. A chart showing types of decisions (option a) doesn't focus on development rates. A timeline of brain research innovations (option b) is off - topic. A diagram of brain centers (option c) doesn't show development rates.

Answer:

a line graph depicting the average rates of development in both the judgment and reward parts of the brain