A task commonly used with adults to examine perseveration behavior is the
A)object permanence task.
B)Posner cuing task.
C)Wisconsin Card Sorting Task.
D)recency discrimination task.

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The Wisconsin Card Sorting Task is commonly used to examine perseveration behavior in adults with neurological or psychiatric disorders. In this task, participants are asked to sort cards based on a changing set of rules, and perseveration is measured by the tendency to continue sorting according to the previous rule even after it has changed. The other options (A, B, and D) do not specifically measure perseveration behavior.

A Task Commonly Used with Adults to Examine Perseveration Behavior