Carissa is ready to read the chapter in her textbook for tomorrow. She knows that her smartphone is a distraction for her, so she turns the sound off. A few times while she was reading she wondered if she had any messages, but then thought, "Well, that will be my reward for getting through this. I need to keep reading." Carissa is demonstrating:
A) cognitive control.
B) hypothetical-deductive reasoning.
C) postformal operations.
D) personal fable.

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Carissa is demonstrating cognitive control by managing her attention and resisting the temptation to check her smartphone, focusing on her reading task instead.

Carissa Is Ready to Read the Chapter in Her Textbook