Private Speech Is Conceived of by Vygotsky as A(n)

question 98

Multiple Choice

Private speech is conceived of by Vygotsky as a(n)

• A) error that young children make.
• B) example of something that adults explicitly teach children.
• C) cultural tool.
• D) step toward internalizing parents' statements.

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Definitions:

Significance Level

In statistical hypothesis testing, it is the threshold of probability below which the null hypothesis is rejected, indicating the likelihood that the observed results are due to chance.

Population Mean

The average value of a characteristic among all individuals or items within a defined population.

T-Distribution

A probability distribution that is symmetric and bell-shaped, used in hypothesis testing and setting confidence intervals when the sample size is small.

Population Normal

Population normal, often referring to a normal distribution in a population, describes a bell-shaped frequency distribution that is symmetric about the mean.