Scaffolding involves a situation where
a. children learn by imitating a large number of people in their immediate sociocultural environment.
b. children are gradually reinforced for displaying behaviors appropriate to their culture.
c. parents or teachers provide direct instruction.
d. children learn with the occasional assistance and guidance of experts, usually parents.
D
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In an experimental study of the effects of practice on reaction time, practice would be the:
a. control group. b. independent variable. c. experimental group. d. dependent variable.
Regarding gender-typing variations across ethnic groups, research has revealed that
a. minorities in general hold more traditional views about gender. b. Asian Americans and Hispanic children are similar in their gender-role expectations. c. Caucasian children are more traditional in their gender roles than children of other ethnic groups in the US. d. African-American children hold less stereotyped views of women than Caucasian children do.
Compliant types assume that people are:
a. essentially hostile b. tough c. essentially untrustworthy d. nice
Parents are likely to attribute a daughter's success in math as due to _____ and a son's as due to _____
a) luck; effort. b) talent; effort. c) effort; talent. d) effort; luck.