Only One of the Following Statements Is Consistent with What

Multiple Choice

Only one of the following statements is consistent with what we know about the development of attention and its role in children's learning. Which one?

A) Children become increasingly distractible during the elementary school years.
B) Children are most likely to pay attention to familiar rather than unfamiliar objects.
C) Children show an increasing tendency to learn only the things they actually intend to learn.
D) Distractibility decreases during the elementary school years but increases briefly at puberty.