Cog Neuro Quiz 8: Executive Functions Part 1

Question 1

Denise has filed her own taxes ever since she got her first job at 16. when she completes this year’s forms, the schema that drives her actions will be selected by the….

Answer 1

contention schedular

Question 2

Donald has somehow avoided using any form of social media his whole life. he was recently hired by a marketing firm and must help clients manage their Facebook, Instagram, and twitter. Donald’s success in this novel situation will be managed by the….

Answer 2

supervisory attentional system

Question 3

As adults, Denise and Donald have a large store of schemas to help guide their thoughts and behaviors. The Norman and Shallice model of EF’s would refer to this store as a…..

Answer 3

data base

Question 4

Mia is homeschooled. Their mother devised a schedule of classes and uses a timer to let Mia know when to swap subjects. The timer goes off and Mia stops working on math and starts reading their social studies book. what EF allows them to do that?

Answer 4

shifting

Question 5

Mia plays rocket league online with friends. when mom leaves the room, they think about opening rocket league instead of doing homework, but stop themselves from opening the game. which EF allows them to do that?

Answer 5

inhibition

Question 6

Mia is helping mom cook dinner. they’ve memorized the list of ingredients, but need to keep track of which ones have already been added and which still need to be added. which EF allows them to do this?

Answer 6

updating

Question 7

Tests of Miyake and Friedman’s model frequently fail to find an inhibition-specific latent variable. which of the following interpretations of this finding has become most accepted?

Answer 7

inhibition is common to all other executive functions

Question 8

Group of adolescents are asked to complete a Stroop task and the marshmallow test. which EF is the researcher trying to assess with these tasks?

Answer 8

inhibition.

Question 9

Dr. Brie would like to study the effects of a cheesy-heavy diet on EF. she decides to measure sequencing ability. which two tasks should she use?

Answer 9

letter number and tower of hanoi

Question 10

which EF would NOT be assessed by the Stroop task?

Answer 10

sequencing

Question 11

Liam wants to get an overall assessment of EF using existing tasks. Liam’s professor explains that this will require having people complete multiple EF tasks. is Liam’s professor correct?

Answer 11

yes, because most existing tasks do not capture every known EF

Question 12

An operational definition of EFs describes how..

Answer 12

we measure or assess the EFs

Question 13

Briefly define executive function and describe how you are using EFs to complete this quiz

Answer 13

EF is an overall umbrella term for how we use different behaviors/thinking to reach a goal.
To complete this quiz, I understand that I have to answer all questions to the best of my ability in a given amount of time. I need to act on that in order to get this quiz done. I’m also shifting from question to question

Question 14

Dr. Bailey wants to examine the effect of caffeine on EFs in college students. She can only have participants do two tasks. Pick 2 tasks and briefly describe what the participants must do in that task and identify one of the primary EFs that the task was designed to measure

Answer 14

Task #1: letter-number sequencing
participants will hear the instructor say a list of letters and numbers and they must repeat these back with numbers (biggest to smallest) and letters after in alphabetical order. this measures sequencing and monitoring actions

Task #2: Stroop Task
each participant will read the corresponding color of the word present and be timed. There will be a neutral, congruent, and incongruent test. this measures inhibition and monitoring actions