According to Vygotsky, ____ speech plays a critical role in development by helping children regulate their behavior and plan strategies in accomplishing a goal

a. egocentric
b. social
c. complex
d. private


D

Psychology

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Which of the following students provides the best description of semantic memory?

a. Wei-Hang: "Semantic memory allows us to link each concept with an example from episodic memory." b. Andy: "Semantic memory refers to our organized knowledge about the world." c. Alexia: "Semantic memory forces us to noticeâ€"and exaggerateâ€"the precise details that make one concept different from another." d. Yelena: "Semantic memory forces us to take each schema that is stored and convert it into a script-like form."

Psychology

Professor Slate develops a drug that can erase specific memories of traumatic experiences. When should this drug be administered?

A) while the patient is asleep B) while the patient is recalling the traumatic experience C) immediately after the patient awakens in the morning D) while the patient is thinking about something pleasant

Psychology

Laurie is watching Teletubbies. The lens in her eye bends light rays so that the image of La La and Po is focused on a certain point of the retina. The ability for her lens to change shape to bend light is called

A. assimilation. B. sensory adaptation. C. ocular accommodation. D. anchoring.

Psychology

What is Wundt’s most central theoretical concept, which describes how disparate mental events combine to create entirely new and unpredictable cognitions?

a. creative synthesis c. structuralism b. imageless thought d. voluntarism

Psychology