1) Describe how you would teach Anesh a new task using scaffolding. (You can choose the task!)
2) How could you see if Anesh was using assimilation when you taught him something new? (Choose what you would teach him and how you would know if he was using assimilation, rather than accommodation, when he learned it.)
3) What would you do to see if Anesh makes the error of irreversible thought (difficulty understanding reversibility)?
4) What activity could you do to see if Anesh makes the error of egocentrism? (You get to create the activity to test it!)
5) What would you ask Anesh to do to test his seriation ability? (Again, you get to create the activity!)
6) What might you ask Omala to determine if she is able to engage in abstract thinking?
7) What might you discuss with Omala to see if she experiences the imaginary audience?
8) What might you discuss with Omala to understand if she has experienced the personal fable?
9) What might you discuss with Omala to see if she can engage in relativistic thinking?
10) What errors in thinking did you make as a child (or what errors have you noticed your children or your siblings making)? Share an example or two!
11) How do parents or caregivers in your culture teach children new information? (Use 1-2 course terms here!)
12) When you were a child, did you believe in anything imaginary, such as having an imaginary friend or believing in mythical beings like Santa Claus? When did you stop believing it? What led you to stop?
