Exam 3: Culture in Development

Current research on the role of schooling in cognitive development during middle childhood suggests that concrete operational thinking is not influenced by schooling but rather:

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List three of the six characteristics of institutionalized public basic schooling (IPBS) that reflect the notion of "culture as medium."

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The settings in which schooling occurs are distinctive in that they are removed from contexts of practical activity; there is a peculiar social structure to formal schooling, in which a single adult interacts with many children at a time; there is a distinctive value system associated with schooling that sets educated people above their peers; there is a special mediational skill, writing; group-based assistance is used to facilitate individual achievement; patterns of verbal communication are used in distinctive ways (e.g., teachers ask children to answer questions to which teachers already know the answer).

The accumulated wisdom and refinement that produces a tool or artifact would be considered an example of _____ culture:

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How do the three traditional views of human development held by Gesell, Skinner, and Piaget equate culture with environment, and in what ways does the view presented by Cole and Packer of "culture in development" offer an alternative?

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What evidence exists to support the claim that schooling in middle childhood has effects on parenting in adulthood?

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Which of the following approaches tends to regard culture as an antecedent or independent variable that acts on psychological processes?

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Cultural psychologists such as Shweder contend that human artifacts: Are combinations of ideal and material culture

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Regarding the role of culture in development, what conclusions can be drawn from research using false-belief tasks to investigate the emergence of theory of mind in early childhood?

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a developmental niche?

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Culturally embedded changes in relations between children and their social world as an integral part of the changing relations between their biological makeup and their behavior are known as:

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Give three examples in which culture has been shown to influence prenatal development.

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How does research on the influence of schooling suggest that language is a fundamental cultural influence on development in middle childhood?

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Current research on the role of schooling in cognitive development during middle childhood suggests that concrete operational thinking is not influenced by schooling but rather:

List three of the six characteristics of institutionalized public basic schooling (IPBS) that reflect the notion of "culture as medium."

The accumulated wisdom and refinement that produces a tool or artifact would be considered an example of _____ culture:

How do the three traditional views of human development held by Gesell, Skinner, and Piaget equate culture with environment, and in what ways does the view presented by Cole and Packer of "culture in development" offer an alternative?

What evidence exists to support the claim that schooling in middle childhood has effects on parenting in adulthood?

Which of the following approaches tends to regard culture as an antecedent or independent variable that acts on psychological processes?

Cultural psychologists such as Shweder contend that human artifacts: Are combinations of ideal and material culture

Regarding the role of culture in development, what conclusions can be drawn from research using false-belief tasks to investigate the emergence of theory of mind in early childhood?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a developmental niche?

Culturally embedded changes in relations between children and their social world as an integral part of the changing relations between their biological makeup and their behavior are known as:

Give three examples in which culture has been shown to influence prenatal development.

How does research on the influence of schooling suggest that language is a fundamental cultural influence on development in middle childhood?

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