Process of socialization does not include
acquiring values and beliefs
genetic transmission
learning the customs and norms of a culture
acquisition of skills
What term/phrase does Piaget use for 'mental structures which are the building blocks of thinking'?
Gene
Maturation blocks
Schemas
Zones of development
According to Vygotsky why do children speak to themselves?
Children use their speech to attract the attention of adults to them
Children are very talkative by nature
Children are egocentric
Children use speech to guide their actions
Children with learning disabilities
have confusion between letters and alphabets that look alike
easily recognize and comprehend sight words
have retarded mental development
have low IQ
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have confusion between letters and alphabets that look alike
Learning disabilities are neurologically-based processing problems. It is a common condition that affects the way the brain processes the written and spoken language. Children with learning disabilities have confusion between letters and alphabets that look alike.
What is Creativity?
A form of intelligence that refers to skills that depend on accumulated knowledge and experience
A form of intelligence that depends heavily on information-processing skills including the speed of processing
Ability to identify or prepare original and divergent solutions to problems
Creativity is best defined as an IQ of above 200
A lot of children in India, especially girls do household chores before coming to school and after going back from school. What do you think a teacher should do regarding homework in this context?
The teacher should give homework that connects the learning at school to the children's lives at home
The teacher should ensure that the children wake up early in the morning and stay till late to complete their homework
Ask the parents of the children to get tuition for completing the homework for their children
She should give harsh punishment to the children who do not complete their homework
In an effective classroom
the children look up to the teacher for guidance and support to facilitate their learning
the children are always anxious and kept on their toes since the teacher keeps on giving regular tests to assess their ability for recall
the children fear the teacher since the teacher uses verbal and physical punishment
the children don't have any regard for the teacher and do as they please
Presenting disconnected chunks of knowledge would
help learners organize information on their own
make the task of the teacher difficult and that of the learners easy.
make it difficult for the learners to gain conceptual understanding
make recall easier for the learners
Do children acquire language because they are genetically predisposed to do so or because parents intensively teach them from an early age?
This question essentially highlights
whether development is a continuous process or discontinuous one?
the influence of cognition on development of language
the nature-nurture debate
the discussion on development as a multi-factor ability
Development of the capacity for abstract scientific thinking is a characteristic of
concrete operational stage
formal operational stage
sensorimotor stage
pre-operational stage