Gardner-Webb University

PSYC 303

Quiz 2

1)If Piaget were to say that you assimilate your new pen into your writing-scheme, he would mean that:

2. Neo-Piagetians have contracted the stages of Piaget as opposed to expanding and identifying new stages.

3. The basic implication of the zone of proximal development concept is to:

4. Which of the following best describes Piaget's idea of equilibrium?

5. Development refers to how people:

6. A Vygotskian approach to instruction emphasizes scaffolding, with students taking more and more responsibility for their own learning.

7. According to Graves, how many words does the average student add each year to his or her respective vocabulary?

8. Which of the following is most likely to help a concrete operational child solve conceptual problems?

9. According to Piaget, which of the following cognitive tasks requires formal operational thought?