According to Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development, Children in Pretend

question 86

Multiple Choice

According to Vygotsky's zone of proximal development, children in pretend play

• A) reveal the areas of competence they are striving to master.
• B) show the limits of their patience.
• C) play best with the children closest to them physically.
• D) often regress in preschool play.

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Definitions:

Death Instinct

A concept in psychoanalytic theory referring to an unconscious drive toward decay, destruction, and death.

Thanatos

In Freudian theory, the destructive, death instinct.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Modeling

The process of learning through the observation and imitation of others' behaviors, attitudes, or emotional expressions.