In Vygotsky's terms, the range between a child's present level of skills and knowledge and their potential level of skills and knowledge with appropriate guidance is called the child's

a. space of scaffolding.
b. region of growth.
c. zone of proximal development.
d. zone of equilibrium.
e. schema space.


c

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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John's heart has been conditioned to beat rapidly whenever he smells Windsong perfume on a woman. However, John's heart also races when he smells Chanel 5 and other perfumes. This illustrates:

a. stimulus generalization. b. discrimination. c. extinction. d. spontaneous recovery.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Why would a researcher most likely use a "blind" experimenter?

a. To decrease experimental bias b. To increase demand characteristics c. To eliminate the need for two control groups d. To test extrasensory perception

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