This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cognitive Development > Vygotsky – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Vygotsky Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Vygotsky emphasises ..... as a major means by which cognitive development occurs A) Language. B) Assistance. C) Growth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Language. 2. According to Vygotsky, language has two functions during development: interpsychic and intrapsychic. They are related respectively to the following aspects: A) Social and cognitive. B) Cognitive and interactional. C) Interactive and communicative. D) Communicative and social. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social and cognitive. 3. At what age do thought and language become one? A) At eight months. B) At two years. C) At six years old. D) At birth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At two years. 4. Guided participation: A) Is a narrower concept than scaffolding. B) Involves spontaneous interaction with the environment. C) Calls for the verbal presentation of knowledge. D) Allows for variations across situations and cultures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allows for variations across situations and cultures. 5. Vygotsky believes that children learn best by: A) Reading all-day. B) Listening to music. C) Observing others in social environments and practicing those skills. D) Completing extra homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observing others in social environments and practicing those skills. 6. How is ZPD(Zone of Proximal Development ) used in the classroom? A) Sharing knowledge. B) Scaffolding. C) Transparency. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scaffolding. 7. The cultural development of a child is secondly on the individual or personal level called A) Interpsychological. B) Intrapsycholgical. C) Zone of proximal development. D) Preoperational. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intrapsycholgical. 8. Which one is NOT a concept in Vygotsky's theory? A) Scaffolding. B) Schema. C) Language. D) Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Schema. 9. The name given to the instructional assistance that allows the learner to progress through the zone of proximal development is: A) Accommodation. B) Assimilation. C) Maturation. D) Scaffolding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scaffolding. 10. Students are: A) Active participants in the learning process. B) Mediator. C) Naturally inquisitive in learning. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. It refers to the stage of life that the person is in regarding the situations they're going through. A) Exosystem. B) Chronosystem. C) Mesosystem. D) Macrosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chronosystem. 12. According to Vygotsky, how is knowledge constructed? A) Through experience. B) Acquiring new knowledge. C) By itself. D) Interaction between the subject and the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interaction between the subject and the environment. 13. One of the characteristics of scaffolding is: A) It's temporary. B) Is voluntary. C) Constructive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's temporary. 14. Vygotsky believes A) Both nature and nurture affect someone's intelligence. B) Only nature determines someone's intelligence. C) Only nurture determines someone's intelligence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both nature and nurture affect someone's intelligence. 15. Timmy is attempting to open his locker combination, he has remembered it in the past but he simply cannot open it today, should his teacher help him? A) Yes. B) No. C) Let him suffer. D) Laugh at him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 16. What level of help do you give to after "mother points to crayon" A) Mother says "now draw something else. B) Mother says "how about the green crayon". C) Mother draws an object with the crayons. D) Mother helps the child to grasp the crayon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mother says "how about the green crayon". 17. Is play important for pre-school-elementary aged children? A) Yes, it promotes cognitive and social-emotional development. B) No, it harms cognitive and social-emotional development. C) All work and no play makes johnny a dull boy. D) Spooky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, it promotes cognitive and social-emotional development. 18. Vygosky's theory emphasized which contexts of learning and that knowledge is mutually built and constructed? A) Developmental. B) Social. C) Theoretical. D) Conditioned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social. 19. The rules of language that we use to put words together into meaningful sentences is called: A) Syntax. B) Semantics. C) Grammar. D) Inner speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syntax. 20. Which statement accurately summarizes Vygotsky's thinking on cognitive development? A) Learning occurs via watching others. B) Learning occurs via self-isolation. C) Much learning occurs via social interaction. D) Learning occurs by playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Much learning occurs via social interaction. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesVygotsky Quiz 1Vygotsky 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