ABSC 160 EXAM 3 Question and answers 100% correct ABSC 160: language development
Phonology - correct answer The study of the sounds of a languauge
Syntax - correct answer The grammar of a language
Semantics - correct answer The study of the meanings of words
Pragmatics - correct...
ABSC 160 EXAM 3
adaptation - correct answer ✔in piaget's theory, changes in mental structures
occurring through the processes of assimilation and accommodation.
assimilation + accommodation = ________
assimilation - correct answer ✔term used by piaget to describe the process
of distorting or ignoring discrepancies between an actual stimulus and the
existing mental schemes so that the stimulus can be absorbed into the
scheme. modification of incoming information so that it will fit existing mental
structures.
accommodation - correct answer ✔the modification of existing mental
structures in accordance with newly assimilated information. one of piaget's
mental adaption processes
behavioral scheme - correct answer ✔child's first mental representation of
stimulus-response reflexive reactions
scaffolding - correct answer ✔assistance or support, usually provided by a
parent or teacher, in which cognitive, language, social, and behavioral
development can occur
zone of proximal development - correct answer ✔the range of behavior
between what a child can acieve independently and what can be achieved
with the aid of a more competent member of the culture, such as an adult or
another child
knowledge and ability - correct answer ✔behaviors that demonstrate
knowing about things; knowing how to do things. an operant sequence in a
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