In middle childhood, children become more capable of focusing their attention on relevant information and ____, which is called ____
a. disregarding what is irrelevant; selective attention
b. listening to teachers; discriminant attention
c. critical processing; selective attention
d. subliminal information processing; focused attention
Answer: A
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