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1. A parent is watching her young child trying to solve a jigsaw puzzle. The
child is having trouble with the puzzle, so the parent starts to provide little
hints to help, such as "what if you rotated that piece a bit?" According to
Vygotsky, what technique is this parent using to aid in her child's learning?
ANS✔✔ scaffolding



1. A theorist claims that children's understanding of the world comes
through interactions with other people around them. Which theory does this
theorist likely follow? ANS✔✔ Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of cognitive
development



1. An adolescent feels that warnings about the dangers of texting while
driving do not apply to her. She believes that "other people get in accidents
while texting and driving, but not me!" This adolescent is demonstrating
which phenomenon of formal operations? ANS✔✔ personal fable



1. Kara is playing hide-and-seek with 3-year-old Annie. When it is Annie's
turn to hide, she stands in the middle of the room and covers her eyes with
her hands. She assumes that because she cannot see Kara, then Kara
cannot see her. Which phenomenon is Annie demonstrating? ANS✔✔
egocentrism



1. Which of the following best describes the premise of the theory of core
knowledge? ANS✔✔ people are born with innate cognitive systems for
understanding the world

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1. Which of the four theories of cognitive development argues that brain
functioning is an important part of cognition, but the brain does not process
an inherent knowledge of the world? ANS✔✔ information processing theory
of cognitive development



1. Why would a higher level of executive function produce better academic
performance? ANS✔✔ a. Children with better executive function are likely to
better able to function in the classroom, such as by following directions and
inhibiting their unnecessary behavior, than those with poorer executive
function.



1. Which of the following is a tool children use to convert their external
interactions into internal thoughts? ANS✔✔ private speech



1. Which of the following is NOT one of the main developmental tasks of the
sensorimotor period? ANS✔✔ developing the ability to think using symbols



1. What is the zone of proximal development? ANS✔✔ a. The difference
between what a child can do independently and what they could do with the
guidance of a more experienced tutor



1. What is it called when one has expectations about what will happen in the
future, and one begins to behave in a way that helps to ensure those
expectations pan out? ANS✔✔ self=fulfilling prophecy



1. ______ thinking involves thinking through a problem to come up with one
correct solution, whereas ______ thinking involves coming up with multiple
solutions to one problem. ANS✔✔ convergent; divergent

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