You are in your first year of teaching fourth grade. There is lot of remodeling going on at your school, which creates a fair amount of noise. You are amazed at how well your students are able to pay attention to what you are saying. You remember your developmental psychology course and recall that children in middle childhood are more capable of focusing their attention because __________.
A. they are able to disregard what is irrelevant
B. they are distracted more easily
C. they don't hear well
D. they are only able to process 50% of what their teachers say
Answer: A
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