It's springtime, and for a fourth-grade writing assignment, Ms. Parker assigns an essay titled, "Summer vacation." With such a general title, she is likely to find that the students in her diverse, international school will:

a. write about their family's plans for the upcoming summer vacation.
b. write about either this summer or a previous summer, depending on their cultural background.
c. write a story about something that happened to them one summer in the past.
d. write a general essay including facts about summer, but without personalizing it.


b

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A) provides descriptions of the child's activities B) lists stories told by the child C) provides stories made up for the child D) lists the teacher's opinions about the child's progress

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Older students recognize the need for taking notes while younger ones do not, so we see older students taking notes but don't see younger ones doing it. Of the following, this observation is most closely related to which of the following concepts related to information processing?

a. Attention b. Metamemory c. Perception d. Rehearsal

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Several weeks ago, Jonathan bought a new car. For the first few weeks, the buzzer went off every time he started the car because he had forgotten to buckle his seat belt. Now, he always buckles his seat belt as soon as he sits down, before starting the car. Which of the following is the conditioned stimulus?

A. The buzzer B. Jonathan's decision to buy the car C. Sitting in the car D. Buckling the seat belt

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Friendship that is cooperative and involves give-and-take is ___

a. unilateral b. undifferentiated c. bullying d. reciprocal

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