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STUDENT HANDOUT: STRESS LESSONS – FROM STRESSED OUT TO CHILLED OUT: Program for Grade 7-9 Classrooms
Brain Quiz
1. The teenage brain is a work in progress. The study of the brain, known as ,
has made great strides over the past decade due to the development of magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) and other technologies, which provide accurate pictures of the living, growing brain and its
activities.
a) Neuroscience b) Brainology c) Craniology
2. We once thought that the brain was fully formed , but research has
shown that adolescence is a time of profound brain growth and change.
a) by the end of childhood b) by age 5 c) at the time of birth
3. Between childhood and adulthood, the brain’s neurocircuitry (wiring) becomes more complex and
more efficient, especially in the brain’s .
a) prefrontal cortex b) amygdala c) grey matter
4. Puberty is a time of heightened sensitivity to
due to aspects of brain development and hormonal changes that affect brain function.19
a) stress b) bee stings c) junk food
5. The greatest changes to the parts of the brain that are responsible for impulse-control, judgment
of risks and rewards, decision-making, planning, and organization and processing of social and
emotional information occur in adolescence. This area of the brain (prefrontal cortex) does not reach
full maturity until around age .20
a) 25 b) 21 c) 19
Hippocampus