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Miniature Adults Assignment
Context
Children differ from adults in some important ways. Some of those differences have important implications for how reasonable it is to hold children responsible for their actions in various situations. We have a good understanding of some of the elements of brain development that make this behavioral development possible.
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is for you to demonstrate your understanding of the ways in which children’s thinking differs from that of adults and of the brain development responsible for those differences as well as to apply that understanding to evaluating policy related to children’s behavior. All of the Module 6 learning objectives are assessed as part of this assignment.
Directions
Write a short, organized paper briefly explaining, in your own words, some of the ways that children’s brains develop with respect to their ability to act responsibly. Describe both the brain development (as in “Which areas of the brain develop and when?”) and the abilities that go with that brain development (as in “What does development in this area do to children’s behavior?”).
Write a paragraph in which you describe and defend your reaction to the following proposed policy:
“Children who have entered high school have demonstrated their ability to act responsibly by successfully graduating from grade school. All of those children who have graduated from grade school shall be held fully responsible for their own behaviors, including being charged with crimes exactly as adults are, tried in adult court, and held to the same penalties as adults for their illegal behaviors”.
Your work should be entirely in your own words. Do not use quotes. You can mention outside sources as support for your claims, but put those claims into your own words.
Organize your work into paragraphs and, possibly, into separate sections with headings.
Use complete sentences and correct grammar (word usage, punctuation, capitalization, etc.).
Use examples to illustrate your points.
Resources
These articles and videos should provide you with the information that you need in order to complete this assignment:
“Brain Development”
“Childhood versus Adulthood”
Criteria
Your work will be judged on these criteria and you will get feedback on how well you did on these:
Describe development of adult abilities to anticipate consequences of one’s actions, make good decisions, and control one’s emotions.
A strong paper will discuss differences between children and adults with respect to some specific cognitive abilities and summarize the developmental gap and its consequences.
Any acceptable paper will briefly discuss differences between adults and children in terms of the cognitive abilities relevant to responsible behavior.
Explain how specifics of brain development affect development of adult responsibility.
Any acceptable paper will identify specific brain areas and describe how development in those brain areas affects behavior.
Apply understanding of adult development to evaluating policy about holding children and adolescents responsible for their actions.
Any acceptable paper will refer to what we know about brain development and how it affects behavior and ability to take responsibility.