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To begin this assignment, you will read three sources

1.Steinberg, L., Cauffman, E., Woolard, J., Graham, S., & Banich, M. (2009). Are adolescents less mature than adults?: Minors’ access to abortion, the juvenile death penalty, and the alleged APA” flip-flop.”. American Psychologist, 64(7), 583.

Summary: An analysis by Steinberg et al. of emotional and cognitive development in adolescents and how our understanding of these topics should be used in setting public policy, such as juvenile access to abortions or the death penalty;

2.Fischer, K. W., Stein, Z., & Heikkinen, K. (2009). Narrow assessments misrepresent development and misguide policy: Comment on Steinberg, Cauffman, Woolard, Graham, and Banich (2009).

Summary: A criticism of this position by Fischer et al., who have a different perspective on how public policy should take into account emotional and cognitive development in juveniles; and,

3.Steinberg, L., Cauffman, E., Woolard, J., Graham, S., & Banich, M. (2009). Reconciling the complexity of human development with the reality of legal policy: Reply to Fischer, Stein, and Heikkinen (2009).

Summary: A rebuttal of the Fischer position by Steinberg et al.

Your specific goal for this
writing assignment is to analyze the arguments in the three papers, construct a
coherent argument about the role of studies of cognitive and emotional
development in setting public policy guidelines and support this argument
with specific evidence from the papers. A number of different approaches to
this topic can satisfy the requirements of this writing assignment. For
example, your thesis will address one of the following questions:

After you have read
the three articles mentioned above, you should construct a coherent argument
about the role of studies of cognitive and emotional development in setting
public policy guidelines and support this argument with specific evidence
from the papers. Once you have decided the approach or stance you want to take
for your paper, write a thesis statement in response to one of the
following questions:

·In what circumstances can
psychological research on cognitive and emotional development be used to set
public policy?

·When, if ever, should public
policy distinguish between cognitive and emotional development and why (or why
not)?

·Whose view of psychological
development – Steinberg or Fischer – is better for setting public policy and
why?

In order to receive credit for
this assignment, please do the following:

1.Please
provide your thesis statement:

2.Using
complete sentences and support from the three articles, write 5 reasons why you
chose your thesis statement.

3.In
addition to the three articles above, find three additional sources (peer
reviewed journal articles) that provide support for your thesis statement as
well as the 5 reasons you wrote in question #2. You will be using these sources
in Assignment #6, the annotated outline. Please provide the citations for your
sources using APA style below:

a.

b.

c.