Why Might Children from Different Cultural Communities Differ in Executive

Multiple Choice

Why might children from different cultural communities differ in executive functioning skills and abilities?

A) Cultures may differ on parental emphasis and value of self-control and self-regulation.
B) Such differences can be attributed to varying conditions of poverty.
C) Cultures different in the percentage of two-parent homes, which explains the sub- optimal skills of some children.
D) Executive functioning tasks are only valid in the United States.
E) Some experimental tasks are biased against eastern societies that conflate findings.