This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cognitive Development > Vygotsky – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Vygotsky Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Itzel, a Yucatec Mayan preschooler, is hungry. She is most likely to ..... A) Decide for herself when and how much to eat. B) Ask her mother to make her a meal. C) Wait until the family's set mealtime to eat. D) Make a pretend meal for herself and her dolls to "eat". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decide for herself when and how much to eat. 2. This includes larger societal factors that affect the child and everyone around them such as cultural values, laws, and overall economic conditions. A) Microsystem. B) Exosystem. C) Chronosystem. D) Macrosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Macrosystem. 3. The support or assistance that lets the child accomplish a task he cannot accomplish independently. A) Zone of Actual Development. B) Zone of Proximal Development. C) Scaffolding. D) More Knowledgeable Adult. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scaffolding. 4. What did Vygotsky call "self-talk" or a child "thinking out loud? " A) Silent inner speech. B) Social speech. C) Private speech. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Private speech. 5. Preschoolers who spend more time engaged in ..... play are better at inhibiting impulses and regulating emotions. A) Block. B) Sociodramatic. C) Gross-motor. D) Independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sociodramatic. 6. Vygotsky grew up in what country A) Germany. B) France. C) Russia. D) Switzerland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Russia. 7. According to Vygotsky, why is language important in development? A) Language is the main means by which adults transmit info to children. B) Language is a powerful tool of intellectual adaptation. C) Language is an accelerator to thinking and understanding. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 8. Vygotsky believed that problem solving skills takes place through ..... A) Exploration. B) Social interaction. C) Self discovery. D) Working with peers of the same abilities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social interaction. 9. What is an example of vygotsky's impact on education A) More advanced cognition Tests. B) Cooperative learning. C) Culture awareness. D) Experimental learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cooperative learning. 10. Scaffolding A) Helps students accomplish challenging tasks in instructional contexts. B) Helps students climb. C) Happens when a task is broken down into smaller pieces. D) Is always used with children. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helps students accomplish challenging tasks in instructional contexts. 11. Which area was NOT one of Vygotsky's main focuses in child development? A) Language. B) Cultural impact. C) Social learning. D) Cognition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cognition. 12. Explain What is the role of mediator? A) In a facilitator of knowledge. B) It is a counselor, a guide that programs the object to be learned. C) It is a means of acquiring and reproducing knowledge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a facilitator of knowledge. 13. According to Vygotksy, children's learning takes place ..... A) Within the zone of proximal development. B) Primarily through acting on the environment. C) Through reinforcement and punishment. D) Through independent activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Within the zone of proximal development. 14. Samantha is attempting to open her first bottle of milk by herself at age 6, should her mother step in and help her? A) Yes. B) No. C) Maybe so. D) Ain't no way. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 15. Role of language A) Language is a result of cognitive development. B) As a tool and as mediator of learning. C) Mediates learning. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As a tool and as mediator of learning. 16. The Zone of Proximal Development is? A) The must a child can learn in a given day. B) What the child already knows. C) What can be done on own and what can not be done without assistance. D) The intelligence level of the child is projected to be at a given point. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What can be done on own and what can not be done without assistance. 17. What does ZPD stands for A) Zone of peer development. B) Zone of proximal dialogue. C) Zone of parental dialogue. D) Zone of proximal development. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zone of proximal development. 18. To help in the ZPD the teacher must use A) Inependent practice. B) Scaffolding. C) Student goal setting. D) Continuos help. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scaffolding. 19. Which of the following is a theory of Vygotsky? A) Cognitive Learning Theory. B) Guided Discovery. C) Zone of Proximal Development. D) Multiple Intelligences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zone of Proximal Development. 20. Would you expect a rising third grader to be able to do basic multiplication without assistance? A) Yes. B) No. C) No, but it is in their ZPD. D) Yes, but they may miss a few. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, but it is in their ZPD. Next →Related QuizzesVygotsky Quiz 2Vygotsky Quiz 3Vygotsky Quiz 4Vygotsky Quiz 5Vygotsky Quiz 6Bruner'S Cognitive Development Theory QuizJean Piaget'S Theory Of Cognitive Development QuizPiaget QuizVygotsky Language Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books