Teenagers Do Not Perform as Well as Adults on Tasks

Multiple Choice

Teenagers do not perform as well as adults on tasks requiring self-restraint, planning, and future orientation because

A) the prefrontal cognitive-control network still requires fine-tuning.
B) adolescent brains are less plastic than adult brains.
C) brain lateralization is not complete until the mid- to late 20s.
D) production of synapses and myelination of the corpus callosum do not peak until early adulthood.