According to Vygotsky, a key element in developing logical thought is:
a. practice.
b. experience.
c. motivation.
d. language.
D
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Spencer developed synthetic philosophy, which was an attempt to ____.?
a. ?bring together the works of Darwin and Wundt to form a new school of psychology b. ?ban the use of animal experimentation in psychology c. ?use evolutionary theory as a way to understand any process that undergoes change and development d. ?argue that consciousness had no use since it did not aid survival. therefore, psychology should give up the study of consciousness e. ?introduce the idea that evolution should be guided by governmental programs to "synthetically" direct evolution in a particular direction
An informant brings a tip to the police department about suspicious activity at the docks. After detectives meet and process this information, they decide that the best course of action is to send undercover officers to the scene. If the police department were a neural network, the informant would be functioning as a(n):
A) sensory neuron. B) motor neuron. C) cell body. D) interneuron.
How would a researcher attempt to examine experience-expectant brain development?
A. A researcher would conduct tests of motor skill ability on infants. B. A researcher would observe toddlers playing in a playground with a lot of equipment and toddlers in a playground with minimal equipment. C. A researcher would do sensory deprivation research with animals to see what impact that had on abilities. D. A researcher would put some animals in stimulating environments and some animals in deprived environments and measure brain size.
Make-believe play is a major means through which children
A) develop and refine representational schemes. B) learn about prejudice and the differences among different racial and ethnic groups. C) learn language and its more subtle nuances. D) extend their cognitive skills and learn about important activities in their culture.