Describe the concept of the zone of proximal development.
What will be an ideal response?
Zone of proximal development (ZPD) is Vygotsky's term for the range of tasks that are too difficult for the child to master alone but that can be learned with guidance and assistance of adults or more-skilled children. Thus, the lower limit of the ZPD is the level of skill reached by the child working independently. The upper limit is the level of additional responsibility the child can accept with the assistance of an able instructor. The ZPD captures the child's cognitive skills that are in the process of maturing and can be accomplished only with the assistance of a more-skilled person.
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Defence attorneys often protest prosecutors' use of eyewitness testimony because:
A) memory misattribution errors may cause an eyewitness to make a false identification. B) eyewitnesses are prone to transience. C) poor eyesight in eyewitnesses tends to routinely invalidate their testimony. D) consistency bias may sway an eyewitness to a false identification.
One of the most well known infant reflexes, which may also be one of the first to emerge, is a response to tactile stimulation of the palm and is referred to as
A. asymmetric tonic reflex B. palmar mandibular reflex C. plantar grasp reflex D. palmar grasp reflex
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