Gavin's aunt enjoys playing school with him. He likes to pretend he is an older, school-aged child, and she likes it because he is learning about school routines and how to be respectful to authority figures. This method of instruction is called __________.

A. the zone of proximal development
B. scaffolding
C. guided participation
D. private speech


Answer: C

Psychology

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a. ?areas of her left hemisphere that are larger b. ?areas of her right hemisphere that are larger c. ?less white matter d. ?more white matter

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According to Gardner, standard intelligence tests appear to measure verbal and logical-mathematical intelligence.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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A characteristic influenced by a single gene from each parent, such as a cleft chin, is a __________.

a. dominant allele b. recessive allele c. homozygous d. heterozygous

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In what type of learning do infants come to act deliberately on their environments to bring about a desired consequence?

A. modeling B. habituation C. operant conditioning D. classical conditioning

Psychology