When a skilled teacher works with a child learning to read, the teacher typically highlights reading strategies such as sounding out the letters in a word. In Vygotsky's theory, this teaching process is

A) metacognition.
B) internalization.
C) mediation.
D) animism.


C) mediation.

Psychology

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How did Tolman's study change psychology?

A. It proved that rats and humans learn the same way. B. It demonstrated that animals possess cognitive abilities more sophisticated than previously thought. C. It confirmed Skinner's theory of operant conditioning. D. It began a new movement of using mazes for studying learning in animals.

Psychology

Burning your toast, having trouble opening an e-mail attachment, breaking a glass, and running late for an appointment are all examples of:

a) uplifts. b) hassles. c) downturns. d) distress.

Psychology

When neuronal connections that are used become stronger and faster and the neuronal connections that are not used wither away, what is happening?

A. brain death B. axonal withering C. synaptic pruning D. intellectual development

Psychology

The lecturer explained that animals and humans have similar brains because they share a common evolutionary ancestor. The scientific term for this relationship is _________________.

a. heterozygous b. homologous c. heterogeneous d. homozygous

Psychology