Shlomo and Eriya, both eight years old, are riding in the school bus playing computer
crossword puzzles in both Japanese and English.
As they switch back and forth from
Japanese to English, their laughter gives way to other classmates wanting to join in on the
fun. By the time they arrive at school, the children have solved most of the puzzles.
According to Vygotsky, children's attempts to organize and internalize their thoughts by
verbalizing them in front of others is known as
a. talking to learn.
b. cognitive dialectics.
c. thinking to talk.
d. linguistic interactionism.
a
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A. conditioned stimulus B. punishment C. secondary reinforcer D. discrimination
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a. They are affected by context. b. They can account for variance in behavior that is not explained by explicit measures. c. They are invulnerable to impression management biases. d. They are more reliable than explicit measures.
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light. a. darker blue b. metallic blue c. less saturated blue d. more transparent e. brighter blue