The Ability to Inhibit Irrelevant Responses That Interfere with the Completion

question 155

Multiple Choice

The ability to inhibit irrelevant responses that interfere with the completion of a task is known as___________.

• A) cognitive inhibition
• B) attentional inhibition
• C) response inhibition
• D) behavioral inhibition

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Definitions:

Meiosis

A form of cell division in sexually reproducing organisms that reduces the chromosome number by half, producing four haploid cells, each genetically distinct from the parent cell that gave rise to them.

Gametes

The reproductive cells (sperm and egg) that combine during sexual reproduction to form a new organism.

Polyploid Cells

Cells that contain more than two paired (homologous) sets of chromosomes, often seen in plants.

Diploid Cells

Cells that contain two sets of chromosomes, one set inherited from each parent.