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Animism and egocentrism represent limitations in the preoperational child's thinking in that they indicate an inability to

A) think symbolically.
B) center attention on one characteristic.
C) distinguish among different perspectives.
D) reflect on the rationale underlying thought.

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Which of the following is true of Lev Vygotsky's educational applications?

A) IQ should be assessed to test a child's learning.
B) Skilled teachers should be sought to help a child learn.
C) The child's use of private speech should not be encouraged.
D) Practical teaching should begin toward the upper limit of the zone of proximal development (ZPD) .

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Define conservation.

"My computer doesn't like me-it keeps eating my pictures," says Sarah.This is an example of

This theorist proposed that children's cognitive development occurs in a series of universal stages.This theorist suggested that during early childhood,children represent the world with words,images,and drawings.

Which of the following BEST describes the relation between centration and conservation?

The memory component in which individuals retain information for up to 30 seconds,assuming there is no rehearsal of the information.

For Jean Piaget,failing a conservation task indicates that the child is

Sanjay and Ryan are 4-year-old friends.When they are together,they often wrestle,run,race,push,and shove each other.Although their level of activity often aggravates their parents,we know that this activity will

Hallie is very active.She loves to tumble and show off.She is not afraid of doing what her parents consider to be hair-raising stunts.She also loves to run and believes she is faster than her parents.This type of activity level and confidence is MOST characteristic of the

Researchers believe that after the age of 6 or 7 years,children become more reflective and less impulsive in their thinking,because they learn to pay less attention to what is _______ and more attention to what is _______.