Question

On a standardized vocabulary test, children were asked, Which of the following would you expect to take you to the hospital if you were injured? and they were given, ambulance, car, airplane, and truck as choices. Ambulance was the correct answer, but several Eskimo children in a remote village in the Arctic selected airplane as a choice because airplanes were the only form of motorized transportation that came into their village. Of the following, which theory would provide the best explanation for the Eskimo children's choice?

a. Social cognitive theory
b. Sociocultural learning theory
c. Situated cognition
d. Cognitive load theory

Answer 1

The best theory that would provide an explanation for the Eskimo children's choice is Sociocultural learning theory.

Step-by-step explanation:

The best theory that would provide an explanation for the Eskimo children's choice of selecting airplane as a choice is (b) Sociocultural learning theory. Sociocultural learning theory emphasizes that individuals learn by observing and imitating others within their cultural context. In this case, the Eskimo children may have observed airplanes as the only form of motorized transportation that comes into their remote village, leading them to select it as a choice on the vocabulary test.