You are in your first year of teaching fourth grade. There is quite a bit of remodeling going on at your school, which creates a fair amount of noise. You are amazed at how well your students are able to pay attention to what you are saying. You remember your developmental course and recall that children in middle childhood more capable of focusing their attention because they are able to
a. Process information at the subliminal level
b. Be more critical processing information
c. Get distracted easier
d. Disregard what is irrelevant