Created by Terri Street; inspired by the work of Jennifer Wagner;
revisions courtesy of Stephanie Novack.
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Name the theory that emphasizes social and
cultural influences on intellectual growth
 A. Sociocultural
 B. Psychosocial
 C. Ecological Systems
 D. Operant Learning
 A. Correct
Vygotsky’s Sociocultural theory is
considered a cognitive theory.
 A. True
 B. False
A. Correct
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What is Vygotsky’s term for the range of tasks that are too complex to
be mastered alone but can be accomplished with guidance and
encouragement from a more skillful partner?
 A. Scaffolding
 B. Ontogenetic Development
 C. Zone of proximal development
 D. Guided participation
C. Correct
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____argued that children’s self-talk was a form of
egocentric speech. ____argued that children’s selftalk was a cognitive self-guidance system that
regulates problem solving activities.
 A. Vygotsky; Piaget
 B. Piaget; Vygotsky
B. Correct
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Text messaging to communicate using cell phones is
so common in today’s generation that Vygotsky
would refer to it as ______.
 A. zone of proximal development
 B. Scaffold
 C. guide of participation
 D. tool of intellectual adaptation
D. Correct
Tools of intellectual adaptation: Vygotsky’s term for
methods of thinking and problem-solving strategies that
children internalize from their interactions with more
competent members of society
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Vygotsky’s term that describes the type of assistance offered by
a teacher or peer that supports learning by using prior
knowledge to make connections to new information.
 A. Microgenetic
 B. Ontogenetic
 C. Stagematic
 D. Scaffolding
D. Correct
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The four interrelated levels that evaluate development from the
perspective of interaction with children’s environments include
all of the follow except…
 A. Microgenetic
 B. Sociogenetic
 C. Ontogenetic
 D. Phylogenetic
B. Correct
Microgenetic
Ontogenetic
Phylogenetic
Sociohistorical
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Vygotsky’s Sociocultural theory is
stagematic.
 A. True
 B. False
B. Correct
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