Which of the following statements is true regarding metacognitive knowledge?
A) Children younger than age 6 pay attention to the process of thinking rather than the outcomes of thought.
B) Children use private speech to help them acquire academic skills.
C) Children typically rate "good" reasoning as based on weighing of possibilities and gathering of evidence.
D) Children who use private speech during difficult tasks rarely execute effective mental strategies.
C
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The social-cognitive learning theory accounts for behavior in terms of observable acts and events, without references to mental events
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
According to research from the 1950s, how much information can short-term memory hold?
a. Only one item at a time b. Two items at a time c. About seven items at a time d. A virtually unlimited amount of information