Because most injuries sustained by <answer>adolescents</answer> are related to risky behavior (car crashes, alcohol, unprotected sex), a great deal of research has been done on the cognitive and emotional processes underlying adolescent risk-taking. In addressing this question, it is important to distinguish whether <answer>adolescents</answer> are more likely to engage in risky behaviors (prevalence), whether they make risk-related decisions similarly or differently than adults (cognitive processing perspective), or whether they use the same processes but value different things and thus arrive at different conclusions. The behavioral decision-making theory proposes that <answer>adolescents</answer> and adults both weigh the potential rewards and consequences of an action. However, research has shown that <answer>adolescents</answer> seem to give more weight to rewards, particularly social rewards, than do adults.
Do adolescents or adults seem to give more weight to rewards?
adolescents