Your Authors Suggest One Particular Strategy for Helping Children Focus

question 24

Multiple Choice

Your authors suggest one particular strategy for helping children focus their attention and reduce distractions. Which of the following is it?

• A) Teach children the value of "sitting still" as a means of reducing physical stimuli.
• B) Make relevant information stand out and eliminate competing sensations.
• C) Institute a series of operant outcomes for children who focus on salient events and disregard non-salient ones.
• D) Utilize classical (Pavlovian) strategies.

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Definitions:

Glosspharyngeal

A cranial nerve that supplies motor fibers to the pharynx and tongue, and sensory fibers to the tonsils, pharynx, and middle ear, playing a key role in swallowing and taste.

Oculomotor

Pertaining to the third cranial nerve that controls most of the eye's movements, the constriction of the pupil, and maintains an open eyelid.

Trochlear

Pertaining to the fourth cranial nerve that innervates the superior oblique muscle of the eye, allowing for movement.

Reflex Arc

The neural pathway that controls a reflex action, including at least one sensory neuron and one motor neuron, creating an automatic response to a stimulus.