Rogoff and her colleagues evaluated the process of guided participation across cultures and found that
a. in most cultures, teachers are the primary guides.
b. guided participation is most effective when done by a parent.
c. North American children are not exposed to guided participation.
d. cultures vary in the extent to which children are taught directly through the contact they have with adults.
D
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What is a critique of Piaget's theory?
A. Piaget's theory assumed that infants required considerable time to process information before imitating a behavior. B. Piaget's observations were not applicable to all cultures, only to those cultures of Western origin. C. Piaget tended to overestimate the competence of infants. D. Piaget's theory tends to exclude adult and peer influences on cognitive development.
When a researcher tries to identify which structures in the brain control specific psychological or behavioral functions, such as recognizing faces or moving the hands, the basic research strategy is called
a. localization of function. b. constraint-induced analysis. c. functional lateralization. d. neuroplastic analysis.
Alvin won the hog-calling contest at the county fair. When a reporter asked him the secret of his success, Alvin replied, "I was just lucky, I guess!" According to Rotter's expectancy theory, Alvin's explanation reflects
A. that he is an external. B. that he is an internal. C. high self-efficacy. D. learned helplessness.
Jaci has just become blind. The fact that there is no physical reason for this suggests that Jaci may be suffering from
a. conversion disorder. b. observer discomfort. c. panic disorder. d. generalized anxiety disorder. e. physical paranoia.