Goldberg, 2001

Goldberg, E. (2001). The executive brain: Frontal lobes and the civilized mind.
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Several marginal groups in society exhibit the peculiar trait of relinquishing
their executive functions to external institution, where their options are
maximally constrained and the decision-making powers over them is exercised by
someone else. (p.146)

Stroop Test, To successfully complete the task, you must follow the internal plan,
the task, against your natural, entrenched tendency.

Steps of the purposeful behavior, executive function.
1. Initiate behavior.
2. Identify objective, formulate goal of action.
3. Forge a plan of action according to the goal.
4. The means by which the plan can be accomplished must be selected in a proper
temporal sequence.
5. The various steps of the plan must be executed in an appropriate order with a
smooth transistion from step to step.
6. Compare objective and the outcome of the action.