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executive function & attention

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Executive functions are cognitive abilities necessary to complete complex goal-directed behaviors while adapting to a range of environmental demands.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Executive functioning includes:

a)

self-monitoring

b)

self-awareness

c)

self-regulation

d)

all of the above

3.

Planning and sequencing are the responsibility of:

a)

orbitofrontal cortex

b)

dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

c)

anterior cingulate cortex

4.

The orbitofrontal cortex is responsible for:

a)

monitoring of ongoing behavior

b)

working memory

c)

emotion processing

d)

conflict resolution

5.

Task impurity has to do with:

a)

the lack of assessment of processes such as goal setting, structuring, and decision making

b)

ecological validity

c)

the unknown relationship between performance on standardized tests and performance on daily tasks

d)

the potential triggering of non-executive processes during tasks assessing executive functions

6.

Sustained attention represents a basic attentional function that determines the efficacy of the ‘higher’ aspects of attention.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Bottom-up processing refers to:

a)

to perception that is driven by cognition

b)

processing sensory information as it comes in

8.

Knowledge-driven mechanisms designed to enhance the neuronal processing of relevant sensory input are:

a)

top-down processes

b)

bottom-up processes

9.

What is conjunction search?

a)

an automatic attentional process

b)

a way of examining differences between automatic and conscious processing

c)

a serial process during which one is searching for particular combinations of sensory information

10.

The cognitive strategy in which sensory stimuli are scanned for a specific feature such as color is called:

a)

visual search

b)

feature search

c)

selective attention

11.

Attention that requires adopting a specific mental set for a specific feature is:

a)

divided

b)

selective

12.

While selective attention activates the anterior cingulate, divided attention activates the insula.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Norepinephrine is associated with:

a)

attention

b)

orient

c)

alert