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Laurence Steinberg
Professor of Psychology, Temple University
Laurence Steinberg is the Distinguished University Professor of Psychology at Temple University. An internationally renowned expert on psychological development during adolescence, he is the author of more than 250 articles and essays on growth and development during the teenage years, and the author or editor of eleven books, including Adolescence the leading college textbook on adolescent development. A graduate of Vassar College and Cornell University, he was named as the first recipient of the Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize in 2009, one of the largest prizes ever awarded to a social scientist, for his contributions to improving the lives of young people and their families.
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A developmental psychologist explains the surprising cognitive effect of having friends near.
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The Temple professor initially believed that early puberty caused conflict between girls and their parents. Then he was “blown away” when his research showed the reverse connection: family conflict led […]
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According to the renowned developmental psychologist, the fundamental traits for success are manifest at every stage of development.
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A developmental psychologist explains the latest findings into the nature vs. nurture debate, highlighting the need to break down the false dichotomy between genes and the environment.
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For teens, a tendency toward dangerous behavior is hard-wired into the brain. A developmental psychologist explains.
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Studies almost unanimously show that unstructured, unsupervised time is a recipe for disaster for adolescents in terms of risk and reckless behavior. So what steps can be taken to curb […]
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The ‘just don’t do it’ approach to teen prevention programs, which underlies programs from DARE to Driver’s Ed, relies on the fallacious notion that adolescent behavior is based on knowledge […]
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A developmental psychologist explains the three key measures that education reform must achieve.
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A psychologist explains the latest research into education disparity.
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A psychologist explains a study into how racial associations affect expectations of guilt.
An expert in adolescent psychology outlines the main features of bad parenting.
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Juvenile recidivism is far from inevitable, it’s just a matter of employing techniques that actually work.
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Over the last several years, teenagers have been subject to increasingly severe sentencing. A psychologist explains why this justice system reflects a major misunderstanding of the adolescent brain.
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A conversation with the Temple University psychologist.