According to Vygotsky, the framework or temporary support that helps a child learn is called

a. development
b. proximal
c. opportunity
d. scaffolding


ANSWER: d

Psychology

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  a.  democratic.   b.  ascribed.   c.  hierarchical.   d.  achieved.   e.  sectional.

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Otoliths are a. small stones attached to hair cells

b. vestibular nerves that make contact with hair cells. c. particles suspended in the fluid of the semicircular canals. d. membranes found in the saccule and utricle.

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The tendency to attribute other's behaviors to internal causes while attributing one's own behavior to external causes is the

A. actor-observer effect. B. fundamental attribution error. C. reciprocity effect. D. availability heuristic.

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A humanistic psychologist would most likely agree that:

a. anxiety occurs when we try so hard to live up to others' expectations that we lose touch with our own desires and feelings. b. anxiety results from feelings and emotions repressed during childhood. c. anxiety results from unconscious desires. d. anxiety results from irrational thoughts.

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