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shenderson6

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In Navajo culture, an older child may often assist a younger child with a new task. The benefits of such assistance are most easily explained using ________ view of cognitive development.
 
  a. Piaget's
  b. Vygotsky's
  c. behaviorists'
  d. information processing theorists'

Question 2

How would a behaviorist be most likely to explain Courtney's anxiety while reading in front of the class?
 
  a. Courtney may have seen other students make mistakes while reading and be ridiculed by their peers.
  b. Courtney was probably born with an anxious temperament, and so she is easily rattled by unexpected events.
  c. At some point in Courtney's past, a bad experience caused her to associate reading with unpleasant circumstances.
  d. Courtney attributes her success on the star chart to luck, and she doubts whether she will be so lucky when reading to her peers.



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Answer to Question 1

b.

Answer to Question 2

c.





 

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