Max Has Applied for a Junior Year Abroad, but Couldn't

question 193

Essay

Max has applied for a junior year abroad, but couldn't get into his first choice, a drama school in London. He is feeling so miserable about the rejection that he is thinking of staying home. "Why should I go to a second-rate school somewhere else?" he reasons. What is wrong with his reasoning?

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Definitions:

Lev Vygotsky

A Russian psychologist known for his work on psychological development in children, emphasizing the role of social interaction and cultural tools in learning.

Number Conservation

A cognitive ability in children that demonstrates their understanding that quantity remains the same despite changes in shape or arrangement.

Preoperational Thought

A stage in Piaget's cognitive development theory characterized by symbolic thinking, egocentrism, and a lack of logical reasoning in children aged 2 to 7 years.

Centration

A characteristic of preoperational thought in which the child tends to focus on one salient feature of an experience or event at a time.