Updated Executive Functioning Questions Flashcards

1
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A person’s development of executive functions is generally completed within the same time as:

a. a child enters elementary school
b. an adolescent enters puberty
c. an adolescent reaches the age of majority
d. young adulthood

A

d. young adulthood

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The _______ ________ are implicated in higher level cognitive processes, including executive functions.

a. superior aspects of the brain
b. frontal lobes
c. pontine areas
d. cerebral peduncles

A

b. frontal lobes

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3
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These behaviors are frequently associated with descriptions of executive functions:

a. concept generation
b. set shifting
c. problem solving
d. all of the above

A

d. all of the above

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