Reference no: EM133759731
Assignment:
To prepare:
Review the Learning Resources on social development, adolescence, and technology use.
Consider impacts of social media and technology on an adolescent and their biopsychosocial development.
Write a 2 page essay using APA formatting answering the following questions using citations from the resources below:
- Describe how social media and technology influences an adolescent's systems.
- Explain the biological, psychological, and social development effects of social media/technology use.
- Explain the role of peer relationships in a virtual social setting in adolescence.
Resources:
Zastrow, C. H., Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hessenauer, S. L. (2019). Understanding human behavior and the social environment (11th ed.). Cengage Learning.
Chapter, "Social Development in Adolescence" (pp. 361-409)
Benvenuti, M., Wright, M., Naslund, J., & Miers, A. C. (2023). How technology use is changing adolescents' behaviors and their social, physical, and cognitive development. Current Psychology, 42, 16466-16469.
Haddock, A., Ward, N., Yu, R., & O'Dea, N. (2022). Positive effects of digital technology use by adolescents: A scoping review of the literature International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(21), 14009.
Institute for Family Studies. (2022, October). Teens and tech: Executive summary
Magis-Weinberg, L., & Berger, E. L. (2020, June 19). Mind games: Technology and the developing teenage brain Frontiers for Young Minds, 8, 76.