Controlling the Cyber-conduct of Young People - Research Paper Example

Works Cited “Briefing for the American Psychological Association and the Missouri Psychological Association as Amici Curiae Supporting Respondent.” Roper v. Simmons. No. 03-633. Supreme Court of the United States. 19 July 2004. PDF file. “Adolescence is a period in which character is forming and often involves heightened risk-taking and even criminal conduct which are moderated or eliminated by the individual in adulthood” (5)“Adolescent decision-makers on average are less future-oriented and less likely to consider properly the consequences of their actions” (7)“Neuropsychological research demonstrates that the adolescent brain has not reached adult maturity” (9)In-text citation: (Roper v.

Simmons 9)Bristow, Jennie. “Children should be Allowed Their Freedom.” Spiked. Spiked ltd., n. d. Web. 19 Feb. 2014.“Just as the stranger at the swimming pool is highly unlikely to abduct our children, mobile phones are not about to lure them into the great unknown” (par. 3).“Today’s children have far less freedom than previous generations” (par. 4)“Allowing children their freedom means keeping the regulators out of what is, after all, Their Space” (par. 8)In-text citation: (Bristow, par. 12))Cialdini, Robert B.

, and Noah J. Goldstein. “Social Influence: Compliance and Conformity.” Annual Review of Psychology 55 (2004): 591-621. ProQuest. Web. 19 Feb. 2014.“the power of harsh influences is derived externally by means of an existing social structure”(599)“Most organizations would cease to operate efficiently if deference to authority were not one of the prevailing norms” (596)“Social norms have been found to influence a range of behaviors in a myriad of domains, including recycling, littering, and tax evasion” (597)In-text citation: (Cialdini and Goldstein 12)Leatherman, Brian.

“Internet Censorship and the Freedom of Speech.” Brian Leatherman, 19 Dec. 1999. Web. 19 Feb. 2014.“Censorship has restricted newspapers, television, radio etc. by not allowing the, them the right to free speech” (par.4)“Every individual in America has the right to read or view whatever book or magazine they choose” (par. 7)“What may be offensive to one person may not be to another” (par. 11)In-text citation: (Leatherman, par. 10)Mahalihali, Kwalombota. “Family Influences on the Development of a Child’s Behavior.” URC. Undergraduate Research Community, n. d. Web. 19 Feb. 2014.

“Families, especially parents, play a fundamental role in forming the values of children” (par. 5)“Children of divorced parents are at greater risk of emotional and behavior problems” (par. 8)“Its effects may be modified by some other agencies as well” (par. 6)In-text citation: (Mahalihali, par. 12)Paton, Graeme. “Stop Blocking Internet Access, Schools Told.” The Telegraph 10 Feb. 2010. Web. 19 Feb. 2014.“Restricting pupils’ access to websites may actually impair their judgment, making them more vulnerable to pedophiles on-line” (par. 1).“Children who hold a parent’s hand every time they cross the road are safe.

However, unless they are taught to cross the road themselves, they might not learn to do this independently” (par. 5)“A child whose use of the internet is closely monitored at school will not necessarily develop the level of understanding required to use new technologies responsibly in other contexts” (par. 8)In-text citation: (Paton, par. 4))Sacconi, Lorenzo, and Marco Faillo. “Conformity, Reciprocity and the Sense of Justice how Social Contract-Based Preferences and Beliefs Explain Norm Compliance: The Experimental Evidence.

” SSRN Working Paper Series Jul. 2008:1-46 ProQuest. Web. 20 Feb. 2014. “The agent’s willingness to conform with a shared social norm depends on reciprocal expectations concerning what the other agents will do in a situation where a decision whether or not to conform is at stake” (3).“Gimalda and Sacconi’s model in particular sees compliance as the consequence both of agents’ participation in choosing the norm in a social contract setting under a veil of ignorance and of the existence of expectations about reciprocal willingness to conform” (5).

“Proposed the “sense of justice” as a solution for the stability problem of a well-ordered society-i.e. a society whose institutions are arranged according to the principles of justice chosen under a veil of ignorance” (8).In-text citation: (Sacconi and Faillo 15)Statements: Sources two, four and seven work to prove the opposite argument that it is an uncanny proposition to regularly observe and impose restriction on the internet and mobile use of teenagers to control issues like cyber-bullying and sexting.

The claims by Bristow and Paton will argue that restrictions on the internet use of children are offering an unrealistic preparation to face the society in which they will have to function independently. The claim will be that as children are encouraged to be self-dependent in the real world, restricting the same opportunity in the cyber-world is a bizarre idea with no visible benefits. However, using sources, I will prove how the activities of children remain under constant observation in the real society though they perceive themselves to be free and how social conformity and family influence the way they behave.

The briefing by the American Psychological Association will show that people under the age of 20 do not have a brain that is mature enough to take wise decisions. The work by Cialdini and Goldstein will show how the society influences the behavior of adolescents, and Mahalihali’s work is used to describe how the influence of family members, especially parents, decides a child’s behavior.