Which of the following reflects the view of contemporary developmental psychologists and is in contrast to Piagets analysis?
a. Childrens abilities to understand objects in their world depend on their development of language abilities.
b. Very young children seem to understand a great deal about objects and how they work, even before they have had much experience interacting with them.
c. Very young children seem to understand a great deal about objects and how they work, once they have gained substantial experience interacting with them.
d. Childrens abilities to understand objects in their world develop slowly over time.
Question 2
When Zach started elementary school, he was able to focus very attentively on class projects, but only for limited periods of time. By about sixth grade, his attention span started to lengthen significantly each year. Which model or theory does this exemplify?
a. theory of mind
b. zone of proximal development
c. information processing model
d. ecological development