In fifth grade, Andrew was often distracted by noises from the classroom, and completed his work more slowly in a noisy classroom, but in 10th grade, he is better able to “tune out” these distractions. Andrew is showing improved
a. sustained attention.
b. selective attention.
c. executive control.
d. metacognitive understanding.
Answer: b. selective attention.
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