________ development involves the ways that growth and change in intellectual capabilities influence a person's behavior

According to the parallel distributed processing approach to semantic memory,

a. concepts are linked together in a chain, and activation can move down that chain while we are thinking about this concept. b. several patterns of activation can proceed at the same time. c. when we think about a particular concept, the nonprototypes are activated at the exact same time as the prototypes. d. each concept is associated with 10 to 12 stable attributes that do not change.

Gabriel's language and cognitive skills have developed greatly since he began attending preschool. His teacher explains things to the children when they participate in small-group activities and she encourages conversation between children and adults

According to Vygotsky, she uses language to advance thinking through social mediation. private speech. scaffolding. the zone of proximal development.