Every morning at school, the teacher gathers the students around the rug for circle time. For the first several weeks, he runs through the routine of reviewing the day of the week, singing a few songs, and then reviews the schedule for the day
By the second month of class, he asks one of his students to lead circle time each morning. Rogoff would say this is an example of :
a. scaffolding
b. cultural sensitivity
c. zone of proximal development
d. guided participation
D
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____ is greater in noncohesive groups than in cohesive groups.
a. Intermember attraction b. Intermember cooperation c. Acceptance of deviancy d. Conformity pressure
Researchers in the United States have found that ____
a. the rate of mental disorders in the population has been steadily decreasing over the past 50 years b. adolescents and adults are equally likely to suffer from anxiety disorders c. women are more likely than men to suffer from mental disorders d. almost half of adolescents diagnosed with one disorder meet the criteria for a second disorder
Which of the following is true regarding citing sources of information?
a. Only information from scholarly articles should be cited b. It is not necessary to cite information from used sources c. It is not necessary to cite information obtained from the internet d. Only direct quotations should be cited
A researcher interested in the health problems of people with schizophrenia interviews only those people diagnosed with the disorder who are in an inpatient facility. The most glaring weakness in this study is
a. the absence of correlational statistics. b. the failure to use DSM-IV criteria for health problems. c. having an inappropriate control group. d. nonrepresentative sampling.