The following questions are meant to help you evaluate your understanding of the material covered in Chapter 2.

1		Use a real or hypothetical person to illustrate how biological, cognitive, and socioemotional processes all influence an individual's intelligence.
2		Give an example of an activity that utilizes hypothetical-deductive reasoning.
3		You have been asked to present at a conference addressing what you feel to be the biggest of the objections to Piaget's theory. Support your argument with research evidence from Educational Psychology.
4		Your class is comprised of a combination of concrete operational and formal operational thinkers. Give an example of how you would accommodate the needs of both types of thinkers during a particular activity.
5		Give an example of a child's zone of proximal development for riding a bike. Make sure to identify the points of actual and assisted performance.
6		At your faculty meeting, teachers discuss the need to incorporate social constructivist teaching methods into their classrooms. Everyone is asked to read up on potential methods. During the next scheduled faculty meeting the options will be discussed. Which method would you choose to research? Give an example of its application.
7		You teach at a school in a low-income area in which many students are considered "at risk." You have observed that the language development of many students is below grade-level. What can you do to help students master language rules?