Vygotsky's critics have raised concerns about
A) his emphasis on attention, encoding, and memory does not provide a comprehensive
view of cognitive development.
B) Vygotsky's stage approach to cognitive development has not been supported by research
suggesting that cognitive development is best characterized as a continuous process.
C) concepts, such as assimilation and accommodation, which are vague and difficult to test
experimentally.
D) concepts, such as the Zone of Proximal Development, which are vague and are difficult to
test experimentally.
D
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A. It is vivid memory for emotional events. B. It is vivid, highly accurate memory for the circumstances surrounding how a person heard about an emotional event. C. It is memory for the circumstances surrounding how a person heard about an emotional event that remains especially vivid but not necessarily accurate over time. D. It is vivid, highly accurate memory for emotional events.
Which individual is displaying behavior that is most motivated by cognitive factors??
a. ?Kathy, who starts smoking cigarettes because all of her friends have started doing so b. ?Thrupti, who drinks a large glass of water after a softball game c. ?Norm, who punches a wall after his girlfriend breaks up with him d. ?Yoon, who drops out of school because she has doubts about her academic ability
What percentage of school-age children have specific disabilities in mathematics?
a. 2% c. 20% b. 10% d. 24%
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A) humanitarian; individualistic B) outspoken; optimistic C) individualistic; collectivist D) collectivist; outspoken E) optimistic; pessimistic