Imagination is shaped as much by how we interact with the constant range of stimuli we receive as it shapes us through our constant challenge to find the best response to achieve the greatest possible outcome for our advantage. Children will cry or laugh to achieve desired needs and desires. While it has been observed that older children are able to create multiple possible scenarios to understand what needs to be done to obtain immediate results. Older individuals will presumably have memorized a list of ready-made responses that suit any given situation; which may give some understanding to the angst that teenagers seem to feel when dealing with adults. No longer able to rely on younger people's reactions and some understanding and forced to start responding in an unfamiliar adult way, they can be seen fluctuating and rebelling against possible intolerances to their needs. It is essentially "the very notion of "adolescent" as a person other than a child, who however is not yet an adult" (Offer,
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