The Zone of Proximal Development Refers to ________

question 15

Multiple Choice

The zone of proximal development refers to ________.

• A) belief that an adolescent is special and unique, and that they alone are having thoughts and feelings that no one else understands or experiences
• B) the area between what children can accomplish on their own and what they can accomplish with the help of others who are more competent
• C) the idea that moral reasoning is based primarily on what is "right" and what is "wrong" as indicated by society's rules
• D) the idea that in the first year of life, an infant's primary caretaker can teach that the world is a safe place and that people can be trusted

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Definitions:

Archetypes

Emotionally charged images and thought forms that have universal meaning.

Latent Memory Traces

Dormant or hidden memories that are not currently active but can be accessed under certain conditions.

Universal Meaning

An interpretation or significance of something that is accepted or understood across different cultures or contexts.

Psychosexual Development

Freud's theory on the stages of a child's development focusing on the libidinal energy and how it shifts and matures in different areas of the body.