An Increasingly Influential View of Cognitive Development Proposed by Vygotsky

question 82

Multiple Choice

An increasingly influential view of cognitive development proposed by Vygotsky is based on

• A) concrete experiences.
• B) creation of complex schemes of thought.
• C) sociocultural theory.
• D) mastery of scientific thinking

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Definitions:

Incoherent Speech

Speech that is difficult to understand due to lack of clear or logical connection between thoughts or sentences.

Dopamine

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter in the brain that plays a major role in reward-motivated behavior, and it is involved in various functions such as movement, motivation, and the reinforcement of rewarding stimuli.

Cognitive Functions

Mental processes that include thinking, perceiving, remembering, reasoning, and problem-solving.

Working Memory

In many models of memory, a cognitively complex form of short-term memory; it involves active mental processes that control retrieval of information from long-term memory and interpret that information appropriately for a given task.