A patient who demonstrates uncharacteristically poor judgment and is unable to maintain a typical attention span may have experienced damage to the _________ lobes.
A) frontal
B) parietal
C) temporal
D) occipital

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The frontal lobes are responsible for executive functions such as decision-making, attention, and judgment. Damage to this area can result in poor judgment and difficulty maintaining attention. The other lobes listed have different functions, such as processing sensory information (parietal), hearing and language (temporal), and vision (occipital).

A Patient Who Demonstrates Uncharacteristically Poor Judgment and Is Unable