How easily individuals can switch between different sets of rules or different tasks is called

How easily individuals can switch between different sets of rules or different tasks is called
 
  a. selective attention. c. resisting interference.
  b. cognitive flexibility. d. working memory.

Question 2

How much information one can hold in the short-term store and think about at a time is called
 
  a. selective attention. c. resisting interference.
  b. cognitive flexibility. d. working memory.

Question 3

The processing of information quickly and efficiently, maintaining some information in consciousness long enough to evaluate it and keeping irrelevant information out is called
 
  a. executive function. c. adaptive strategy
  b. cognitive flexibility. d. metacognition.

Question 4

Before children can solve complicated problems using complex strategies, they need to develop some semblance of
 
  a. scientific reasoning. c. self-concept.
  b. analogical reasoning. d. self-regulation.

Question 5

Children and adults seem to have particular problems with scientific reasoning when the evidence they collect
 
  a. produces good outcomes.
  b. matches their pre-existing beliefs.
  c. produces negative outcomes.
  d. does not match their perception of what others believe.