Preschoolers' developing abilities to engage in pretend play most clearly show the onset of:
a. cognitive flexibility.
b. symbolic thinking.
c. theory of mind.
d. working memory.
B
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A. common actions of a group of people who care about each other B. learned beliefs, values, symbols, and norms that are common to a group of people C. learned beliefs and norms that are common to more than one group of people D. common tendency of one group to place their group in higher regard than other groups
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Three of the statements below describe problems inherent in assigning final grades as summaries of students' achievement in the classroom. Which statement is not accurate about grading?
a. The importance placed on final course grades discourages students from taking risks that may lower their GPA. b. Students learn less when they know they are being graded. c. The practice of assigning final course grades tends to focus students' attention on performance goals rather than mastery goals. d. Final grades from different teachers do not always reflect the same level of achievement.
Which is not a characteristic of quasi-experimental designs?
a. Equivalence of experimental and control groups is assured byrandom assignment b. It involves naturally assembled groups such as intact classes whichmay be similar. c. It sometimes uses the same group as both the experimental andcontrol group. d. Results of quasi-experimentation must be interpreted verycautiously.