Japan: the topic is not popular in Japan compared to effective learning for young children such as Mozart Effect.
Why do Japanese not concern the teenage brain as much as Americans?
My 100% unscientific hypotheses are:
Psychology is not as much popular as in the U.S.
The amount of information and the public attention to psychology in Japan may be significantly lower than in the U.S.
Japanese teens are already under stricter supervision than those in the U.S. Americans may be torn between supervision and nurturing self-responsibility of children.
Japan has more equal distribution of wealth than the U.S.
Teens in Japan, with OK economic back grounds, may be able to avoid dealing with the dark side of the society such as drugs and violence.
Japan is safer than in the U.S.
Again, less experience in the dark side of the society may reduce the risk of teenagers’ criminal behaviors.
The Japanese media has less impact on teens’ behaviors.
Even though the Japanese media such as Manga and TV games are sometimes accused of showing violence, according to my observation, American movies and TV dramas show , for example, more aggressive scenes than Japanese ones. American teens may learn more risky behaviors than Japanese teens do from the media. In addition, watching real humans acting immaturely in movies may have more impact on teens’ behaviors than reading unreal pictures in Manga or animation. Compared to American movies and TV shows, Japanese ones are very mild.
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Junichi;
ReplyDeleteI found this short news article called Group Blames Media for Teen Stereotypes. I feel this is really relevant when considering cultural differences with this myth--it is perpetuated and reflected differently by different cultural media.
In today's day and age, teenagers are always depicted glamorously drinking, having sex, and being violent with little to no consequences. While there is always room for choice, it is hard to escape the stereotypes these constant images leave on us. It's possible, then, that a lot of this myth is believing what we're told!
The excerpt is short but discusses many sources still pushing this false stereotype about teenagers and the tangible effects of that. It also gives a little insight onto the truth of teenage risky behavior: that it is not nearly as prevalent as we'd assume!
Oh. I thought Japan is also a place that people believe in this myth. This myth is popular, and people in Hong Kong think this belief is data based. Therefore, we have law to protect the teenagers. For example, if a boy who is under 16 years old shoplift or commit murder, they wouldn’t be charge and they wouldn’t be recorded that they commit crimes. This is laws which protect the teenage that people believe they are not well mentally developed yet. Thus, they won’t be sent to the prison. I wonder if Japan has such a law for teenagers?
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