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Match the following terms with their definitions
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animism

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centration

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conservation

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egocentrism

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myelination

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operations

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social constructivist approach

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theory of mind

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zone of proximal development (ZPD)

A)Belief that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities and are capable of action
B)Process by which the axons of nerve cells are covered and insulated with a layer of fat cells which increases the speed at which information travels through the nervous system
C)Vygotsky's term for tasks too difficult for children to master alone but that can be mastered with assistance
D)Awareness that altering an object's or a substance's appearance does not change its basic properties
E)Awareness of one's own mental processes and the mental processes of others
F)Focusing of attention on one characteristic to the exclusion of all others
G)Emphasis on the social contexts of learning and the construction of knowledge through social interaction
H)Inability to distinguish between one's own perspective and that of another person
I)Internalized sets of reversible mental actions that allow children to do mentally what before they could do only physically







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