Describe the role of a teacher as it relates to Vygotsky's zone of proximal development

What will be an ideal response?


The job of a teacher is to assess what the child knows and does not know and to fill in that space with his/her contributing knowledge.

Psychology

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Research suggests that by age __________, boys behave more independently and less compliantly than girls.

A. 3 months B. 2 years C. 5 years D. 6 years

Psychology

Automatic egotism refers to ____

a. the tendency for people with narcissistic personalities to assume that people have more positive opinions of them than they really do b. the tendency for people with narcissistic personalities to assume that other people are paying more attention to them (noticing them more) than they really are c. the tendency for most people to assume that other people are paying more attention to them (noticing them more) than they really are d. the tendency for the automatic system (in most people) to favor self-enhancing thoughts and actions

Psychology

Which statement best fits with a cohort difference explanation about the apparent loss of memory abilities in old age?

a. The visual systems tend to slow with age. b. Implicit tasks tend to be easier than explicit tasks. c. Older individuals tend to have had less formal education than young people. d. Older individuals are more likely to use external memory aids.

Psychology

The ______ uses variance terms based on the sum of squared differences between the sample means and the overall mean.

A. two-sample t test B. analysis of variance (ANOVA) C. independent samples t test D. paired/related samples t test

Psychology