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Adolescent Cognition: Thinking In A New Key

32 minutes 50 seconds

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White duck and black ducklings swim in a pool of water on a farm. Caption. A better world than did the generation before them.

Highlights the adolescent's new intellectual attainments and examines the academic, social, and emotional consequences of these changes. Includes footage in a public middle school and structured interviews illustrating the intellectual challenges adolescents face as they construct personal identities and new mental capacities.

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Runtime: 32 minutes 50 seconds

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