With respect to developmental differences in metacognition, which ...

[anjilletteb]

With respect to developmental differences in metacognition, which of the following statements is most accurate?
 
  a. Young children are not as metacognitive as their older peers, and they are generally unable to learn metacognitive strategies until they become more mature.
  b. Young children are not as metacognitive as their older peers, but with formal instruction and practice, they can be taught metacognitive strategies.
  c. Young children are typically about as metacognitive as their older peers, but they tend to not use the strategies.
  d. Young and older students tend to be similar with respect to metacognition; the primary developmental difference between them is in their working memory capacity.

Question 2

Technology, particularly in the form of social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, has had important influences on our social lives and our social connections. Which of the following is the most valid conclusion about this increased social connection?
 
  a. The need for social connection appears to be hard wired into all of us, but the influence of social media on meeting this need is generally negative.
  b. The influence of social media is generally positive, and advanced social development is the most widely found outcome.
  c. The influence of social media is positive at a personal level, such as friends staying connected on Facebook, but it's negative at a broader level, such as the chaos that now exists in the Middle East.
  d. The influence of increased social connection is mixed. It ranges from the positive benefits of staying connected to friends in distant places to the negative outcomes of jealousy and even marital problems.

[tranoy]

Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

d

[anjilletteb]

TYSM

[sailorcrescent]

Excellent