The Cognitive Case Against Abstinence-Only Education

The ‘just don’t do it’ approach to teen prevention programs, which underlies programs from DARE to Driver’s Ed, relies on the fallacious notion that adolescent behavior is based on knowledge and beliefs.

Laurence Steinberg

Professor of Psychology, Temple University

January 5, 2010 | In Health & Medicine, Truth & Justice

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