Three skills help us manage a task
Connect three skills that help manage a game or task.
The picture in words
- Working memory
- Keep useful information available.
- Inhibitory control
- Pause or resist an immediate response.
- Cognitive flexibility
- Adjust when a rule or demand changes.
Reading the illustration
Follow the links back to the shared task. Executive functions develop through experience and support coordinated activity.
Try a question
Which skill helps when a game switches its sorting rule?
Show the explanation
Cognitive flexibility helps adjust to the new rule, supported by remembering the rule and controlling the previous response.
Read the sources
- Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. (2012, May 20). InBrief: Executive function. https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/inbriefs/inbrief-executive-function/Selected rendered explanation of working memory, mental flexibility and self-control.