Although a challenging read for her, Gwendolyn tries to read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair while she watches her favorite program on TV. Gwendolyn finds she is unable to pay attention to the book and her television program at the same time. She didn't make as much progress as she hoped during the show. She kept shifting her focus between the two – watching her show and then reading a few pages,
watching until the next commercial and reading a few more pages. Gwendolyn's experience illustrates:
a. executive function deficit
b. attention deficit
c. sequential multitasking
d. simultaneous multitasking
C
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