Four-year-old Jackie often mutters to herself as she builds things with her blocks. Her utterances (e.g., the blue one goes first) seem to be a running dialogue of her actions that are guiding her behavior. Vygotsky referred to this activity as _____ speech.
a. private
b. social
c. egocentric
d. telegraphic
Question 2Which decision is a highly aggressive youth most likely to make when a classmate runs into her in the hallway?
a. The conclusion that violent actions lead to bad consequences
b. Deciding to set a goal of becomes friends with the classmate
c. The assumption that the classmate's intent was to hurt her
d. Assuming that the incident was an accident
Question 3With respect to children's use of private speech, research suggests that this speech is (may)
a. unrelated to children's cognitive capabilities.
b. a sign of cognitive maturity.
c. a sign of immature egocentrism.
d. indicate that the child is autistic.
Question 4Tyra is weighing the personal advantages and disadvantages of retaliating with violence against her friend Banks, who just called her a fat pig.. According to Dodge's social information-processing model, Tyra is engaging in
a. encoding of cues.
b. response decision.
c. behavioral enactment.
d. clarification of goals.
Question 5When Vygotsky referred to the concept of scaffolding, he was speaking about
a. guided assistance that a skilled individual provides to a less skilled individual.
b. the intellectual ladder of success that children are innately drive to climb.
c. the importance of allowing children to learn on their own without adult interference.
d. the structures of the mind that hold together lower levels of thought and higher levels of thought.
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