Executive Function Refers to the Processes Involved in Regulating Attention

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Multiple Choice

Executive function refers to the processes involved in regulating attention and in determining what to do with information just gathered or retrieved from long-term memory. What is not one of those processes?

• A) It plays a central role in planning and behaving flexibly, particularly when dealing with new information.
• B) It involves a related set of basic information-processing abilities.
• C) Only certain abilities are not related to how quickly one can process information and to selectively attending to relevant information.
• D) Each of these abilities develops over time.

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