Which of the following concepts are attributable to Vygotsky?
a. jigsaw classroom c. zone of proximal development
b. scaffolding d. both "b" and "c"
D
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The period of cognitive development that lasts from approximately age 11 onward is the ____ stage
a. sensorimotor b. formal operational c. preoperational d. concrete operational
According to the text, ultimately ethics is about facing a(n) _______________ and making a decision.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Xavier is doing a research study investigating the moral decision making of people at various ages. He wants to know if older adults see moral issues differently than they would have when they were children,
so he gives his research subjects a moral dilemma and asks them to discuss the various moral issues involved. He then asks them to imagine how they would have answered the same question when they were adolescents. Xavier's research addresses which major issue of developmental psychology? a. Stability/Change b. Nature/Nurture c. Plasticity/Formidity d. Continuity/Stages
"Evolutionary psychology is silly!" exclaims Julie. "If we are so adapted to the environment, why haven't we evolved away from racism?"
A reasonable response to this, based on the explanation of evolutionary psychology presented by the authors of your text, is that a. evolutionary psychology simply can't explain social behavior. b. evolutionary psychology can only explain mating behaviors. c. evolution occurs very slowly, and thus genetic adaptations have not "caught up." d. we do have evidence for a racism gene, but it is unethical to tamper with the human genome.