Chapter 8

6. a process in which adults or capable peers model or demonstrate how to solve a problem, and then step back, offering support as needed
8. development of myelin
12. reasoning child fails to understand the true relationships between cause and effect
13. characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and interaction across multiple contexts, as well as restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities
14. attributing life-like qualities to objects

1. endency of young children not to be able to take the perspective of others, and instead, the child thinks that everyone sees, thinks, and feels just as they do
2. tendency of children to generate theories to explain everything they encounter
3. pruning loss of synapses that are unused
4. cortex the area of the brain behind the forehead that helps us to think, strategize, and control emotions
5. primary limitation of thought during the intuitive substage
7. they understand and use two languages
9. bringing in new information
10. of mind understanding that other people experience mental states that are different from our own and that their mental states guide their behavior
11. participation learner actively acquires new culturally valuable skills and capabilities through a meaningful, collaborative activity with an assisting