Executive Functions
Scenarios
True or False
Braaaains
100

starting something right away

Initiation

100

You are on the train really enjoying listening to a history podcast - so much that you miss your stop!

Attention

100

Regulation happens in the frontal lobe and amygdala.

TRUE

200

developing a well thought-out strategy before starting a task, setting and meeting goals

Planning

200

You finish your homework at home and start playing video games afterward, forgetting to put your homework back in your folder in your backpack.

Organization

200

The three autonomic states are yellow, orange, and blue.

FALSE

300

using time efficiently to complete a task

Time Management

300

You get to class, take out your notebook and pencil, and begin the do now right away.

Initiation

300

Self-Regulation is an executive functioning skill.

TRUE

400

Our ability to achieve, sustain and change our level of alertness to meet the changing demands of the task or situation.

Self-regulation

400

It's 7pm on Thursday and you realize you have a two page homework assignment due tomorrow that you forgot about.

Time Management, Organization, Planning

400

Emotions and the senses are linked/connected.

TRUE

500

having a place for everything, keeping track of things (physically and mentally)

Organization

500

You get a score on an quiz that was way lower than you were expecting; you step out of the room for a short break to take a walk and clear your head.

Self-regulation

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