Which Statement About Executive Functioning Is TRUE

question 31

Multiple Choice

Which statement about executive functioning is TRUE?

• A) It is fully developed by approximately the age of 19 years.
• B) Its quality in early childhood is highly predictive of occupational status in adulthood.
• C) It is directly related to IQ and cannot be taught.
• D) All of these statements are true.

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Definitions:

Extraneous Factors

Variables that can influence the outcome of an experiment but are not the variables being studied.

Control Group

A group in an experiment that does not receive the treatment being tested and is used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested groups do.

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution, crucial for estimating population parameters.

Matched Pairs Experiment

An experimental design where subjects are paired based on certain characteristics, and then one in each pair is randomly assigned to the treatment group, while the other receives the control.