Saying That Something Is Socially Constructed Means That It Is

question 30

Multiple Choice

Saying that something is socially constructed means that it is

• A)not real.
• B)only real because a group of people created it.
• C)real only to those who have had experience with it.
• D)shaped by people's definitions and understandings of it.

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Definitions:

Elaborative Strategy

A cognitive technique involving the expansion of information by linking it to existing knowledge, enhancing memory and learning.

Sternberg's Inteligences

Refers to Robert Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence, which defines intelligence in terms of analytical, creative, and practical components.

Encoding

The process by which information is transformed into a form that can be stored in memory.

Triarchic

Governed by three. Descriptive of Sternberg’s view that intellectual functioning has three aspects: analytical intelligence, creative intelligence, and practical intelligence.