Executive Functions
starting something right away
Initiation
You are on the train really enjoying listening to a history podcast - so much that you miss your stop!
Attention
Regulation happens in the frontal lobe and amygdala.
TRUE
developing a well thought-out strategy before starting a task, setting and meeting goals
Planning
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
The three autonomic states are yellow, orange, and blue.
FALSE
using time efficiently to complete a task
Time Management
You get to class, take out your notebook and pencil, and begin the do now right away.
Initiation
Self-Regulation is an executive functioning skill.
TRUE
Our ability to achieve, sustain and change our level of alertness to meet the changing demands of the task or situation.
Self-regulation
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
Emotions and the senses are linked/connected.
TRUE
having a place for everything, keeping track of things (physically and mentally)
Organization
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