Question

Adolescents experience a shift in ___________ that delays the body's time to sleep

Answer 1

Delayed phase preference.
Its when teenagers begin to stay up later on average about 2 hours later. It is initially caused by melatonin; its a chemical that makes us sleepy but in teenage melatonin levels rise about 2 hours later than in pre-teens, so teenagers do not get sleepy. When combined with stimulus to stay awake tv, texting or surfing the web or whatever teenagers go to bed much later.