University:
Eastern Kentucky University
Course:
PSY 318 | Introduction to School Psychology
Academic year:

2022
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248

Pages:

2
Author:

Alexa Livingston

Completion Questions 73) Developmental changes that are genetically programmed are a function of ________. Answer: maturation 74) The specialization of the two hemispheres of the brain is called ________. Answer: lateralization 75) According to Piaget, when environmental events cause changes in existing schemas, ________ occurs. Answer: accommodation 76) "Out of sight, out of mind" describes the behavior of children who have not acquired ________. Answer: object permanence 77) When a schema produces an unsatisfactory result, a student experiences ________. Answer: disequilibrium 78) The principle that changing the shape of an object does not change the amount of the object is called ________. Answer: conservation 79) Having the ability to focus on more than one aspect of a situation at a time is called ________. Answer: decentering 80) The process of making an orderly arrangement of objects from large to small or vice versa is called ________. Answer: seriation 81) The ability to reason abstractly and deductively occurs during the Piagetian stage of ________. Answer: formal operations 82) The basis of formal operations is ________. Answer: hypothetical-deductive reasoning 83) Kathleen Berger (2006) refers to the space between what the learner already knows and what he or she is not yet ready to learn as the ________. Answer: Magic middle Explanation: Berger refers to the magic middle as the space between what the learner already knows and what the learner is not yet ready to learn as the magic middle, which is similar to Vygotsky's notion of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). 84) Guided participation in the classroom is an example of ________ learning. Answer: assisted 85) The area of language that deals specifically with word order is called ________. Answer: syntax 86) When a student understands language and how it works, the student is said to have ________. Answer: metalinguistic awareness 87) The support that children use to help them solve problems just beyond their capabilities is called ________. Answer: scaffolding 88) Both Piaget and Vygotsky would most likely agree students need to be taught in the "magic ________" or the place where they are neither bored nor frustrated. Answer: middle