Health Promotion and MaintenanceQuestion 2100 of 2368
A parent asks why a teen takes more risks than before. Which explanation by the nurse is accurate?
- The impulse-controlling frontal lobe matures well before the limbic system does
- Teens lose the ability to think about the long-term results of their choices
- Teens are not yet able to understand abstract ideas or consider other views
- The reward-sensing limbic system activates early, but the frontal lobe matures later
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Correct answer: The reward-sensing limbic system activates early, but the frontal lobe matures later
This imbalance in brain development helps explain why teens are more prone to taking risks.
Source: Nursing Health Promotion (Open RN, Chippewa Valley Technical College, 2025), Nursing Care for Infancy Through Adolescence: Cognitive Domain. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Practice the topic "Health Promotion and Maintenance"Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026