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'''Laurence Steinberg''' (born 1952) is an [[Americans|American]] university professor of [[psychology]], specializing in adolescent psychological development.<ref>{{cite news| author =Claudia Dreifus| title =Developmental Psychologist Says Teenagers Are Different| quote = Laurence Steinberg, a developmental psychologist at Temple University in Philadelphia, is one of the leading experts in the United States on adolescent behavior and adolescent brain biology.| newspaper =[[The New York Times]]| date =November 30, 2009| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/science/01conv.html| accessdate =August 19, 2015| author-link =Claudia Dreifus}}</ref><ref name=TempleLSteinbergBio/>
'''Laurence Steinberg''' (born 1952) is an [[Americans|American]] university professor of [[psychology]], specializing in [[Adolescence|adolescent]] psychological development.<ref>{{cite news| author =Claudia Dreifus| title =Developmental Psychologist Says Teenagers Are Different| quote = Laurence Steinberg, a developmental psychologist at Temple University in Philadelphia, is one of the leading experts in the United States on adolescent behavior and adolescent brain biology.| newspaper =[[The New York Times]]| date =November 30, 2009| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/science/01conv.html| accessdate =August 19, 2015| author-link =Claudia Dreifus}}</ref><ref name="TempleLSteinbergBio">{{cite web |title=Laurence Steinberg |url=http://www.cla.temple.edu/psychology/faculty/laurence-steinberg/ |accessdate=2015-08-19 |publisher=[[Temple University]] |quote=Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D., is the Distinguished University Professor and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology at Temple University.}}</ref>
Steinberg is a professor at [[Temple University]] in [[Philadelphia]], where he is a Distinguished University Professor, and where he holds a named position, the ''"Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience"''. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, has been a Faculty Scholar of the William T. Grant Foundation, and was Director of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice. Steinberg is a former president of the Division of Developmental Psychology of the American Psychological Association and of the Society for Research on Adolescence. Steinberg’s research has focused on a range of topics in the study of contemporary adolescence, including adolescent brain development, risk-taking and decision-making, parent-adolescent relationships, adolescent employment, high school reform, and juvenile justice. Steinberg proposed the [[Dual Systems Model]] of adolescent brain development. He has been a frequent consultant to state and federal agencies and lawmakers on child labor, secondary education, and juvenile justice policy. and expert witness in criminal trials of juveniles and young adults accused of serious violent crimes.

==Career==
==Career==
Laurence Steinberg attended [[Johns Hopkins University]] from 1970 to 1971. He was educated at [[Vassar College]], where he graduated in 1974 with honors. In 1977 he received his Ph.D. in developmental psychology is from [[Cornell University]]. From 1977 to 1983 he was an assistant and associate professor at [[University of California, Irvine]] and from 1983 to 1989 he was a professor at [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]].<ref name="nature.com">{{cite journal |last1=Steinberg |first1=Laurence |date=12 June 2013 |title=The influence of neuroscience on US Supreme Court decisions about adolescents' criminal culpability |journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |volume=14 |issue=7 |pages=513–518 |doi=10.1038/nrn3509 |pmid=23756633 |s2cid=12544303}}</ref> From 1988 he has been associated with [[Temple University]] in Philadelphia.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=July 7, 2020 |title=Curriculum Vitae: Laurence Steinberg |url=https://liberalarts.temple.edu/sites/liberalarts/files/vita.lds_.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001024840/https://liberalarts.temple.edu/sites/liberalarts/files/vita.lds_.pdf |archive-date=October 1, 2021 |access-date=April 21, 2024}}</ref>


Steinberg teaches at Temple University, where he is a Distinguished University Professor in the College of Liberal Arts and the Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience. He is a Fellow of the [[American Psychological Association]], the [[Association for Psychological Science]], and the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-17 |title=Laurence Steinberg |url=https://liberalarts.temple.edu/academics/faculty/steinberg-laurence |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=College of Liberal Arts |language=en}}</ref> Additionally, he has been a faculty scholar of the [[William T. Grant Foundation]] and was director of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Laurence Steinberg |url=https://clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov/textonly/WH/EOP/First_Lady/html/teens/steinberg.html |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=Fall 2005 |title=Adolescents are different from adults… and in the halls of justice, it matters. |url=https://www.macfound.org/media/article_pdfs/juvenile_justice_newsletter_fall_05.pdf |page=13}}</ref> Steinberg is a former president of both the Division of Developmental Psychology of the American Psychological Association and of the Society for Research on Adolescence.
Steinberg has been the recipient of numerous honors, including the National Academy of Sciences Henry and Bryna David Lectureship; the John P. Hill Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Study of Adolescence, given by the Society for Research on Adolescence; the Society for Adolescent Medicine’s Gallagher Lectureship; the James McKeen Fellow Award, given by the Association for Psychological Science; and several lifetime achievement awards given by the American Psychological Association, including the Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society, the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy, the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental Psychology (formerly known as the G. Stanley Hall Award) and the Presidential Citation. In 2009, he was named the first recipient of the Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize for Productive Youth Development. In 2014, he received the Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award, a national prize given to professors who have “inspired former students to make a contribution to society.”


His research has focused on a range of topics in the study of contemporary adolescence including adolescent brain development, risk-taking and decision-making, parent-adolescent relationships, adolescent employment, high school reform, and juvenile justice. Steinberg proposed the [[Dual Systems Model]] of adolescent brain development. He has also been a frequent consultant to state and federal agencies and lawmakers on child labor, secondary education, and juvenile justice policy, as well as an expert witness in criminal trials of juveniles and young adults accused of serious violent crimes.
Steinberg is the author of approximately 500 articles and essays on growth and development during the teenage years, and the author, co-author, or editor of 17 books, including ''Adolescence'', the leading college textbook on adolescent development; ''When Teenagers Work: The Psychological and Social Costs of Adolescent Employment'' (with Ellen Greenberger); ''Crossing Paths: How Your Child’s Adolescence Triggers Your Own Crisis'' (with Wendy Steinberg); ''Beyond the Classroom: Why School Reform Has Failed and What Parents Need to Do'' (with Bradford Brown and Sanford Dornbusch); ''The 10 Basic Principles of Good Parenting'', which has been published in 10 languages; ''You and Your Adolescent: The Essential Guide for Ages 10 to 25''; ''Rethinking Juvenile Justice'' (with Elizabeth Scott); ''Age of Opportunity: Lessons From the New Science of Adolescence''; and ''You and Your Adult Child: How to Grow Together in Challenging Times''. He has also written for many popular outlets, including the ''New York Times'', the ''Wall Street Journal'', the ''Washington Post'', ''Slate'', and ''Salon''.


== Views ==
Steinberg is frequently called upon to serve as an expert witness in cases involving juvenile offenders.<ref name=SteinbergAgeOfOpportunity/>
In a [[The New York Times|New York Times]] request for comment about lowering the [[legal drinking age#Americas|legal drinking age]], Steinberg responded that it should be lowered from 21 to 19, but not to 18 as is more commonly debated.<ref>Steinberg, Laurence. "Lower the Drinking Age to 19." ''The New York Times''. 10 February 2015. Request for comment: [https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/02/10/you-must-be-21-to-drink/lower-the-drinking-age-to-19 His response].</ref> In Canada and South Korea the legal drinking age is known to be 19 years old.
The ''[[Boston Globe]]'' called upon Steinberg to address, for its readers, the question as to whether 19-year-old [[Dzhokhar Tsarnaev]], convicted of the 2013 [[Boston Marathon bombing]], should be given a reduced sentence because he had always looked up to his older brother.<ref name=BostonGlobe2013-03-30/>


He believes that the age of maturity should ultimately remain 18, as any higher would result in too many adults being classified as children, and a lower number may result in too many immature individuals being classified as adults. Ultimately, he believes the age of maturity is somewhere between 15 and 22, on average.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Laurence |date=2012-04-01 |title=Should the Science of Adolescent Brain Development Inform Public Policy? |url=https://issues.org/steinberg-science-adolescent-teenage-brain-policy/ |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=Issues in Science and Technology |language=en-US}}</ref>
''Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence'', was published by Eamon Dolan/[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]] in September 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/12/01/science-adolescence-steinberg|title=The New Science Of Adolescence|work=[[WBUR-FM|WBUR]]|date=1 December 2014|accessdate=19 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/laurence-steinberg/age-opportunity/|title=AGE OF OPPORTUNITY|author=Laurence Steinberg|work=[[Kirkus Reviews]]|date=2 July 2014|accessdate=19 August 2015}}</ref><ref name=NprSteinbergAge/> While introducing Steinberg, prior to interviewing him about this book, for [[National Public Radio]], [[Anya Kamenetz]] described how ''"his testimony has contributed to Supreme Court decisions abolishing the death penalty for juveniles and life without parole for juvenile offenders."'' Using ''Age of Opportunity'' as a starting point Wendy Leung, in ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' credits Steinberg as ''"redefining"'' how we think about adolescence.<ref name=GlobeAndMail2014-09-25/> Leung notes how Steinberg's study of “[[neuroplasticity]]” justifies considering adolescence continuing up until 25 years old, because individuals' brains were not fully formed at that age. This claim is dubious, however, as development of the prefrontal cortex region has been recorded to continue on even past the mid-30s, making 25 a possibly arbitrary cut-off point.'<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.menshealth.com/health/a26868313/when-does-your-brain-fully-mature/ |title=People's Brains Don't Reach Adulthood Until Age 30, Study Finds|website=Men's Health|first=MEelissa|last=Matthews |date=March 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/adult-brain-30s-teenagers-crime-mental-health-research-a8828681.html |title=Scientists think you are not a proper adult until you enter your 30s |website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |date=March 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/8204782/Brain-only-fully-matures-in-middle-age-claims-neuroscientist.html#:~:text=You%20might%20think%20that%20you,developing%20until%20your%20late%2040s.&text=Scientists%20used%20to%20believe%20that,changing%20well%20into%20middle%20age | title=Brain only fully 'matures' in middle age, claims neuroscientist}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1073/pnas.1105108108 |title=Extraordinary neoteny of synaptic spines in the human prefrontal cortex |year=2011 |last1=Petanjek |first1=Zdravko |last2=Judaš |first2=Miloš |last3=Šimić |first3=Goran |last4=Rašin |first4=Mladen Roko |last5=Uylings |first5=Harry B. M. |last6=Rakic |first6=Pasko |last7=Kostović |first7=Ivica |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |volume=108 |issue=32 |pages=13281–13286 |pmid=21788513 |pmc=3156171 |bibcode=2011PNAS..10813281P |doi-access=free}}</ref>


== Awards and recognition ==
From 1983 to 1988, he was professor at [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] and from 1977 to 1983, he was assistant professor at [[University of California, Irvine]].<ref name="nature.com">{{cite journal|title=The influence of neuroscience on US Supreme Court decisions about adolescents' criminal culpability|journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]|date=12 June 2013|volume=14|issue=7|doi=10.1038/nrn3509|pmid=23756633|pages=513–518|last1=Steinberg|first1=Laurence|s2cid=12544303}}</ref> His PhD in [[developmental psychology]] is from [[Cornell University]].<ref name="nature.com"/>
Steinberg has been the recipient of numerous honors, including the [[National Academy of Sciences]]' Henry and Bryna David Lectureship; the Society for Research on Adolescence's John P. Hill Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Study of Adolescence; the Society for Adolescent Medicine's Gallagher Lectureship; and the Association for Psychological Science's James McKeen Fellow Award.<ref name=":1" /> Steinberg has also received several lifetime achievement awards from the American Psychological Association, including the Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society, the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy, the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental Psychology (formerly known as the G. Stanley Hall Award).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=APA PsycNet |url=https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2009-19983-027 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=psycnet.apa.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=October 2009 |title=Congratulations award winners |url=https://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/10/awards |journal=Monitor on Psychology |volume=40 |issue=9 |pages=78 |via=apa.org}}</ref> In 2008 he was awarded the American Psychological Association's Presidential Citation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Temple psychologists honored for contributions to psychology |url=https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/780319 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=EurekAlert! |language=en}}</ref> In 2009, he was the first recipient of the Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize for Productive Youth Development.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-06 |title=Laurence David Steinberg {{!}} American Academy of Arts and Sciences |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/laurence-david-steinberg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240421033944/https://www.amacad.org/person/laurence-david-steinberg |archive-date=April 21, 2024 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=www.amacad.org |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, he received the Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award, a national prize given to professors who have "inspired former students to make a contribution to society."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2014-11-07 |title=APS Fellows Recognized for Their Impact on Students, Community at Large |url=https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/aps-fellows-recognized-for-their-impact-on-students-community-at-large |journal=APS Observer |language=en-US |volume=27}}</ref>


== Bibliography ==
In a New York Times request-for-comment about lowering the legal drinking age, Steinberg responded that it should be lowered from 21 to 19, but not to 18 as is more commonly debated.<ref>Steinberg, Laurence. "Lower the Drinking Age to 19." ''The New York Times''. 10 February 2015. Request for comment: [https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/02/10/you-must-be-21-to-drink/lower-the-drinking-age-to-19 His response].</ref> At least two countries, namely Canada and South Korea, are known to have 19 as their drinking age.
=== Books ===
* ''Adolescence,'' (1st and 2nd editions) New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (3rd-12th editions) New York: McGraw-Hill, 1985-2020.
* ''Age of opportunity, Lessons from the new science of adolescence:'' New York: Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
** Turkish edition, Ankara: Imge, 2017.
** Russian edition, Moscow: Mann, Ivanov, and Ferber, 2017.
** Chinese (simple) edition, Beijing: China Youth Press, 2016.
** Paperback edition, New York: Eamon Dolan/Mariner Books, 2015.
** Chinese (complex) edition, Taipei: CommonWealth Magazine Co., 2015.
** Italian edition, Torino: Codice, 2015.
** Japanese edition, Tokyo: Nikkei Business Press, 2015.
** Audio edition, Brilliance Audio, 2014.
*''You and your adolescent: The essential guide for ages 10 to 25,'' New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011.
**(Chinese (simplified) edition, Beijing: PTPress, 2018.
**Turkish edition, Ankara: Imge, 2018.
*''The ten basic principles of good parenting,'' New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004.
**German trade paperback edition, Düsseldorf: Patmos, 2008.
**Hebrew edition, Israel: Trivaks–Matar Publishing, 2007.
**Chinese (simplified) edition, Beijing: Peking University Press, 2006.
**Korean edition, Seoul: Sigma Press, 2006.
**Portuguese edition, Lisbon: Publicacoes Europa America, 2006.
**Spanish edition, Barcelona: Ediciones Medici, 2006.
**Greek edition, Athens: Dioptra Publishing, 2006.
**Paperback edition, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005.
**German edition, Düsseldorf: Patmos Verlagshaus, 2005.
**Brazilian edition, Rio de Janeiro: GMT Editores, 2005.
**Indonesian edition: Bandung: Kaifa, 2005.
**Chinese (complex) edition, Taipei: CommonWealth Magazine Co., 2005.

=== As coauthor ===

* ''Steinberg, L., Bornstein, M., Vandell, D., & Rook, K. (2011). Lifespan development. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.''
* ''Steinberg, L., Vandell, D., & Bornstein, M. (2011). Development: Infancy through adolescence. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.''
** Korean edition: Seoul: Cengage Learning Korea, 2012''.''
* ''Protecting youth at work: Health, safety, and development of working children and adolescents in the United States'' (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1998), with members of the Committee on the Health and Safety Implications of Child Labor of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council.
* Steinberg, L. (Chair). (2011). ''The science of adolescent risk-taking''. (Washington: National Academies Press), with members of the Committee on the Science of Adolescence of the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council.
* Scott, E., & Steinberg, L. (2008). ''Rethinking juvenile justice''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
** (Paperback edition: Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2010).
* Steinberg, L., & Levine, A. (1997). ''You and your adolescent: A parent’s guide for ages 10 to 20''. (Revised edition). New York: HarperPerennial.
*Steinberg, L., & Levine, A. (1990). ''You and your adolescent: A parent’s guide for ages 10 to 20''. New York: Harper & Row. (Paperback edition, New York: HarperPerennial, 1991; U.K. edition, London: Ebury Press, 1992).
*Steinberg, L. (in collaboration with B. Brown & S. Dornbusch) (1996). ''Beyond the classroom: Why school reform has failed and what parents need to do''. New York: Simon & Schuster.
** (Paperback edition, New York: Fireside/Simon & Schuster, 1997).
* Steinberg, L., & Meyer, R. (1995). ''Childhood''. New York: McGraw-Hill.

* Steinberg, L., & Steinberg, W. (1994). ''Crossing paths: How your child’s adolescence triggers your own crisis''. New York: Simon & Schuster.
** Paperback edition, New York: Fireside/Simon & Schuster, 1995.
* Steinberg, L., & Belsky, J. (1991). In''fancy, childhood, and adolescence: Development in context''. New York: McGraw-Hill.
* Greenberger, E., & Steinberg, L. (1986). ''When teenagers work: The psychological and social costs of adolescent employment''. New York: Basic Books.
** Paperback edition, New York: Basic Books, 1988.

=== As editor ===

* Steinberg, L. (Ed.) (2008). ''The future of children: Juvenile justice'', 18(2).
* Lerner, R., & Steinberg, L. (Eds.) (2004 and 2009). ''Handbook of adolescent psychology'' (2nd and 3rd editions). New York: Wiley.
* McLoyd, V., & Steinberg, L. (Eds.) (1998). ''Studying minority adolescents: Conceptual, methodological, and theoretical issues''. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
* Steinberg, L. (Ed.). (1987). ''Sex differences in the family at adolescence''. Special issue of the Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 16(3).
* Steinberg, L. (Ed.) (1981). ''The life cycle: Readings in human development.'' New York: Columbia University Press.

=== Articles ===
* {{cite journal |author=Steinberg, Laurence |date=October 11, 2014 |title=Thinking outside the box |department=Comment |journal=New Scientist |volume=224 |issue=2990 |pages=30–31}}<ref group="lower-alpha">Online version is titled "Thinking outside the box coming of age, little by little".</ref>

==Notes==
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==See also==
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==References==
==References==
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<ref name=GlobeAndMail2014-09-25>
{{cite news
| url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/parenting/redefining-teenagers-and-the-adolescent-mind/article20789085/
| title = Why we need to treat adolescents in a radical new way
| work = The Globe and Mail
| author = Wendy Leung
| date = 2014-09-25
| accessdate = 2015-08-19
| url-status = live
| quote = In his engrossing new book, Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence, Steinberg calls for a radical change in how we think about and deal with adolescents. For starters, he redefines the term adolescence to include 10-year-olds to young adults up to the age of 25, reflecting a stage of development in which they aren’t yet socially or financially independent from their parents and their brains aren’t yet fully mature. To make this case, he draws on science that suggests individuals have heightened “neuroplasticity” during this stage of life, where their brains are more malleable than in adulthood.
}}
</ref>
<ref name=NprSteinbergAge>
{{cite news
| url = https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2014/10/04/351187049/q-a-plumbing-the-mysteries-of-the-teenage-brain
| title = Q&A: Plumbing The Mysteries Of The Teenage Brain
| publisher = [[National Public Radio]]
| author = Anya Kamenetz
| date = 2014-10-04
| accessdate = 2015-08-19
| url-status = live
| quote = Steinberg teaches at Temple University. As an expert on adolescent development, his testimony has contributed to Supreme Court decisions abolishing the death penalty for juveniles and life without parole for juvenile offenders.
| author-link = Anya Kamenetz
}}
</ref>
<ref name=SteinbergAgeOfOpportunity>
{{cite book
| url = https://archive.org/details/ageofopportunity0000stei
| url-access = registration
| title = Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence
| publisher = [[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]]
| author = Laurence Steinberg
| date = 2014
| page = [https://archive.org/details/ageofopportunity0000stei/page/190 190]
| location =
| isbn = 9780544279773
| accessdate = 2015-08-19
| quote = The person questioning me at Guantanamo Bay about formal operations and IEDs was Marine Major Jeff Groharing, the attorney prosecuting the case against Khadr for the U.S government.
}}
</ref>
<ref name=BostonGlobe2013-03-30>
{{cite news
| url = https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/03/30/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-adolescent-adult/vGvlllXjAgjxa6seMYsaMJ/story.html
| title = Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, adolescent or adult?
| publisher = [[Boston Globe]]
| author = Laurence Steinberg
| date = 2013-03-30
| accessdate = 2015-08-19
| url-status = live
}}
</ref>
<ref name=TempleLSteinbergBio>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.cla.temple.edu/psychology/faculty/laurence-steinberg/
| title = Laurence Steinberg
| publisher = [[Temple University]]
| accessdate = 2015-08-19
| url-status = live
| quote = Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D., is the Distinguished University Professor and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology at Temple University.
}}
</ref>
}}


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Laurence Steinberg
Professor Laurence Steinberg
Professor Laurence Steinberg of Temple University
Born1952 (age 71–72)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materVassar College
Scientific career
FieldsDevelopmental psychology
InstitutionsTemple University
Doctoral studentsShelli Avenevoli

Laurence Steinberg (born 1952) is an American university professor of psychology, specializing in adolescent psychological development.[1][2]

Career

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Laurence Steinberg attended Johns Hopkins University from 1970 to 1971. He was educated at Vassar College, where he graduated in 1974 with honors. In 1977 he received his Ph.D. in developmental psychology is from Cornell University. From 1977 to 1983 he was an assistant and associate professor at University of California, Irvine and from 1983 to 1989 he was a professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison.[3] From 1988 he has been associated with Temple University in Philadelphia.[4]

Steinberg teaches at Temple University, where he is a Distinguished University Professor in the College of Liberal Arts and the Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[5] Additionally, he has been a faculty scholar of the William T. Grant Foundation and was director of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice.[6][7] Steinberg is a former president of both the Division of Developmental Psychology of the American Psychological Association and of the Society for Research on Adolescence.

His research has focused on a range of topics in the study of contemporary adolescence including adolescent brain development, risk-taking and decision-making, parent-adolescent relationships, adolescent employment, high school reform, and juvenile justice. Steinberg proposed the Dual Systems Model of adolescent brain development. He has also been a frequent consultant to state and federal agencies and lawmakers on child labor, secondary education, and juvenile justice policy, as well as an expert witness in criminal trials of juveniles and young adults accused of serious violent crimes.

Views

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In a New York Times request for comment about lowering the legal drinking age, Steinberg responded that it should be lowered from 21 to 19, but not to 18 as is more commonly debated.[8] In Canada and South Korea the legal drinking age is known to be 19 years old.

He believes that the age of maturity should ultimately remain 18, as any higher would result in too many adults being classified as children, and a lower number may result in too many immature individuals being classified as adults. Ultimately, he believes the age of maturity is somewhere between 15 and 22, on average.[9]

Awards and recognition

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Steinberg has been the recipient of numerous honors, including the National Academy of Sciences' Henry and Bryna David Lectureship; the Society for Research on Adolescence's John P. Hill Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Study of Adolescence; the Society for Adolescent Medicine's Gallagher Lectureship; and the Association for Psychological Science's James McKeen Fellow Award.[6] Steinberg has also received several lifetime achievement awards from the American Psychological Association, including the Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society, the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy, the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental Psychology (formerly known as the G. Stanley Hall Award).[4][10][11] In 2008 he was awarded the American Psychological Association's Presidential Citation.[12] In 2009, he was the first recipient of the Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize for Productive Youth Development.[13] In 2014, he received the Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award, a national prize given to professors who have "inspired former students to make a contribution to society."[14]

Bibliography

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Books

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  • Adolescence, (1st and 2nd editions) New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (3rd-12th editions) New York: McGraw-Hill, 1985-2020.
  • Age of opportunity, Lessons from the new science of adolescence: New York: Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
    • Turkish edition, Ankara: Imge, 2017.
    • Russian edition, Moscow: Mann, Ivanov, and Ferber, 2017.
    • Chinese (simple) edition, Beijing: China Youth Press, 2016.
    • Paperback edition, New York: Eamon Dolan/Mariner Books, 2015.
    • Chinese (complex) edition, Taipei: CommonWealth Magazine Co., 2015.
    • Italian edition, Torino: Codice, 2015.
    • Japanese edition, Tokyo: Nikkei Business Press, 2015.
    • Audio edition, Brilliance Audio, 2014.
  • You and your adolescent: The essential guide for ages 10 to 25, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011.
    • (Chinese (simplified) edition, Beijing: PTPress, 2018.
    • Turkish edition, Ankara: Imge, 2018.
  • The ten basic principles of good parenting, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004.
    • German trade paperback edition, Düsseldorf: Patmos, 2008.
    • Hebrew edition, Israel: Trivaks–Matar Publishing, 2007.
    • Chinese (simplified) edition, Beijing: Peking University Press, 2006.
    • Korean edition, Seoul: Sigma Press, 2006.
    • Portuguese edition, Lisbon: Publicacoes Europa America, 2006.
    • Spanish edition, Barcelona: Ediciones Medici, 2006.
    • Greek edition, Athens: Dioptra Publishing, 2006.
    • Paperback edition, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005.
    • German edition, Düsseldorf: Patmos Verlagshaus, 2005.
    • Brazilian edition, Rio de Janeiro: GMT Editores, 2005.
    • Indonesian edition: Bandung: Kaifa, 2005.
    • Chinese (complex) edition, Taipei: CommonWealth Magazine Co., 2005.

As coauthor

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  • Steinberg, L., Bornstein, M., Vandell, D., & Rook, K. (2011). Lifespan development. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Steinberg, L., Vandell, D., & Bornstein, M. (2011). Development: Infancy through adolescence. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
    • Korean edition: Seoul: Cengage Learning Korea, 2012.
  • Protecting youth at work: Health, safety, and development of working children and adolescents in the United States (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1998), with members of the Committee on the Health and Safety Implications of Child Labor of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council.
  • Steinberg, L. (Chair). (2011). The science of adolescent risk-taking. (Washington: National Academies Press), with members of the Committee on the Science of Adolescence of the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council.
  • Scott, E., & Steinberg, L. (2008). Rethinking juvenile justice. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
    • (Paperback edition: Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2010).
  • Steinberg, L., & Levine, A. (1997). You and your adolescent: A parent’s guide for ages 10 to 20. (Revised edition). New York: HarperPerennial.
  • Steinberg, L., & Levine, A. (1990). You and your adolescent: A parent’s guide for ages 10 to 20. New York: Harper & Row. (Paperback edition, New York: HarperPerennial, 1991; U.K. edition, London: Ebury Press, 1992).
  • Steinberg, L. (in collaboration with B. Brown & S. Dornbusch) (1996). Beyond the classroom: Why school reform has failed and what parents need to do. New York: Simon & Schuster.
    • (Paperback edition, New York: Fireside/Simon & Schuster, 1997).
  • Steinberg, L., & Meyer, R. (1995). Childhood. New York: McGraw-Hill.
  • Steinberg, L., & Steinberg, W. (1994). Crossing paths: How your child’s adolescence triggers your own crisis. New York: Simon & Schuster.
    • Paperback edition, New York: Fireside/Simon & Schuster, 1995.
  • Steinberg, L., & Belsky, J. (1991). Infancy, childhood, and adolescence: Development in context. New York: McGraw-Hill.
  • Greenberger, E., & Steinberg, L. (1986). When teenagers work: The psychological and social costs of adolescent employment. New York: Basic Books.
    • Paperback edition, New York: Basic Books, 1988.

As editor

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  • Steinberg, L. (Ed.) (2008). The future of children: Juvenile justice, 18(2).
  • Lerner, R., & Steinberg, L. (Eds.) (2004 and 2009). Handbook of adolescent psychology (2nd and 3rd editions). New York: Wiley.
  • McLoyd, V., & Steinberg, L. (Eds.) (1998). Studying minority adolescents: Conceptual, methodological, and theoretical issues. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Steinberg, L. (Ed.). (1987). Sex differences in the family at adolescence. Special issue of the Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 16(3).
  • Steinberg, L. (Ed.) (1981). The life cycle: Readings in human development. New York: Columbia University Press.

Articles

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  • Steinberg, Laurence (October 11, 2014). "Thinking outside the box". Comment. New Scientist. 224 (2990): 30–31.[a]

Notes

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  1. ^ Online version is titled "Thinking outside the box coming of age, little by little".

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Claudia Dreifus (November 30, 2009). "Developmental Psychologist Says Teenagers Are Different". The New York Times. Retrieved August 19, 2015. Laurence Steinberg, a developmental psychologist at Temple University in Philadelphia, is one of the leading experts in the United States on adolescent behavior and adolescent brain biology.
  2. ^ "Laurence Steinberg". Temple University. Retrieved 2015-08-19. Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D., is the Distinguished University Professor and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology at Temple University.
  3. ^ Steinberg, Laurence (12 June 2013). "The influence of neuroscience on US Supreme Court decisions about adolescents' criminal culpability". Nature. 14 (7): 513–518. doi:10.1038/nrn3509. PMID 23756633. S2CID 12544303.
  4. ^ a b "Curriculum Vitae: Laurence Steinberg" (PDF). July 7, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 1, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  5. ^ "Laurence Steinberg". College of Liberal Arts. 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  6. ^ a b "Laurence Steinberg". clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  7. ^ "Adolescents are different from adults… and in the halls of justice, it matters" (PDF). Fall 2005. p. 13.
  8. ^ Steinberg, Laurence. "Lower the Drinking Age to 19." The New York Times. 10 February 2015. Request for comment: His response.
  9. ^ Steinberg, Laurence (2012-04-01). "Should the Science of Adolescent Brain Development Inform Public Policy?". Issues in Science and Technology. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  10. ^ "APA PsycNet". psycnet.apa.org. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  11. ^ "Congratulations award winners". Monitor on Psychology. 40 (9): 78. October 2009 – via apa.org.
  12. ^ "Temple psychologists honored for contributions to psychology". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  13. ^ "Laurence David Steinberg | American Academy of Arts and Sciences". www.amacad.org. 2024-04-06. Archived from the original on April 21, 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  14. ^ "APS Fellows Recognized for Their Impact on Students, Community at Large". APS Observer. 27. 2014-11-07.
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