{"id":26,"date":"2011-10-02T19:17:33","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T01:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.scienceofecd.com\/third-edition\/cc-2-4-executive-functions\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T16:27:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T16:27:46","slug":"cc-2-4-executive-function","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/content.scienceofecd.com\/third-edition\/cc-2-4-executive-function\/","title":{"rendered":"CC 2.4 Executive function"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nWhen four-year old Malik arrives in his preschool, he finds a spot and sits next to his friends on the mat. The teacher greets everyone… Read more<\/a> <\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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What kind of regulatory skills do you see Malik demonstrating?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do these skills help Malik adjust to school \u2013 socially and in terms of learning?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How might Malik behave differently if he didn\u2019t have these skills?<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Malik is demonstrating an interrelated set of regulatory skills known as executive function. We continue to develop executive function skills throughout life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mastery of executive function skills help us regulate our emotions, behaviour and attention and ultimately reach our goals.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Executive function<\/strong> includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n