People who are creative tend to rely on convergent thinking

Your developmental class is having an interesting discussion about what it means to be an adult. Most of the class includes individuals who are emerging adults from various Asian countries. What is the consensus of your class? The most important marker for adulthood is ____.

a. financial independence b. when they are capable of supporting their parents financially c. when people get married d. when people start having children

Mrs. Greenwood finds that one of her pupils, Valeria, completes her work much more accurately when she is allowed to work in a quiet corner of the room as compared to the main classroom. The difference in Valeria’s behavior in the two situations is most likely attributable to delayed development of ________________

a. executive attention b. working memory c. selective attention d. reversible mental operations