After telling your 3-year-old to clean his playroom, you hear him say to himself, "I have to put the toys in the box. Then I have to put the box on the shelf." This is an example of __________.
A. scaffolding
B. the zone of proximal development
C. guided participation
D. private speech
Answer: D
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A. External validity B. Internal validity C. Construct validity D. External veracity
Since its inception in the 1960s, the impact of deinstitutionalization has been to ____
a. reduce the need for community supports when mental patients are discharged b. decrease by 75 percent the number of people in institutions c. increase by 75 percent the average number of patients committed per year d. virtually eliminate the homeless mentally ill
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a. one b. two c. three d. four
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a. The increase in amount of food available due to modern agricultural technology b. The changing standards of beauty that people are resisting c. An inactive, sedentary lifestyle combined with high-fat, high-energy diet d. The lack of nutritional science and understanding of human metabolism