Rebecca takes a dance class in which the first exercise the class does is always the same. But one day, the dance instructor changed the first exercise. Out of habit, Rebecca persisted in doing the exercise she was used to, until she realized everyone else was doing something different. The task her central executive is MOST concerned with in this example is:
A) controlled updating of short-term memory buffers.
B) setting goals and planning.
C) task switching.
D) stimulus selection and response inhibition.

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The central executive is responsible for stimulus selection and response inhibition, which involves overriding habitual responses to adapt to new situations.

Rebecca Takes a Dance Class in Which the First Exercise