Jackie is trying to balance her checkbook while at the same time helping her son with his homework. She works on her checkbook when she can, while also watching for signals that her son has finished a particular assignment; then she can stop working on her checkbook for a moment and help her son. 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) stimulus selection and response inhibition.
D) task switching.

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Jackie is alternating her attention between two tasks: balancing her checkbook and helping her son with his homework. This requires her to switch tasks frequently, which is a function of the central executive in working memory, specifically related to task switching.

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