Why do laboratory studies fall short when attempting to understand how young people compare with adults when they make important choices or choices in stressful situations in which they must rely on experience, knowledge, and intuition?

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Young people can perform well in these laboratory studies, but the studies cannot reproduce the many real-life factors that influence a teen's actual decision-making, including peer influence, influence of strong emotions, and poor self-control. Simply thinking about peer evaluation influences decision-making.

Psychology

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