Explain how adolescents manage and deploy mental resources to their schoolwork and other interest areas.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Adolescents are selective about where and when they allocate cognitive resources.
2. They tend to concentrate more of their time and resources in areas in which they believe themselves to be talented and that suit their personal identity.
3. They may allocate fewer resources to areas that they perceive are not a strength, including certain subjects in school.
4. As a result, levels of performance and expertise vary much more among adolescents then they do among younger children.
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