In class you learned about a concept emphasized by Vygotsky's sociocultural theory that is very important in how children and adults learn new words and ideas. This concept is:

What was a dependent variable in this study?

(a) whether the learning was alone or in front of an audience (b) the number of trials it took for the subjects to learn (c) the list of nonsense syllables (d) the difficulty of the list of nonsense syllables (e) none of the above

The "all-or-none" law is the principle stating that ______

a. a neuron must be receiving only "fire" messages through its dendrites or it will not fire at all b. all the neurons in a particular area of the brain fire simultaneously or not at all c. a neuron fires at full strength or not at all d. all neurons in an area fire at the same intensity or not at all