Additional Myelination of the Prefrontal Cortex and Parietal Lobe During

question 60

Multiple Choice

Additional myelination of the prefrontal cortex and parietal lobe during adolescence is thought to underlie increases in ______, the capacity to control and coordinate our thoughts and behavior.

• A) executive operation
• B) cognitive control
• C) expressive language
• D) executive function

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Definitions:

Research Hypothesis

A specific, testable prediction about what you expect to happen in your study.

Inferential Statistics

The branch of statistics that makes predictions or inferences about a population based on a sample of data drawn from that population.

Probability

The measure or likelihood of a particular event or outcome occurring.

Sampling Error

The discrepancy between the statistical characteristics of a sample and those of the overall population, arising because the sample is not perfectly representative.