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Chapter 9 - Cognitive Devel. in Preschoolers Flashcards

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many 4 year olds theories of biology include what 5 elements

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movement
growth
internal parts
inheritance
healing

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what do preschoolers understand about movement

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that animals can move themselves but inanimate objects can be moved only by other objects or people

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what do children understand about growth

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from first appearance animals get bigger and physically more complex but that inanimate objects do not change in this way

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what do 4 year olds know about internal parts

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blood and bones are more likely to be inside an animate object but that cotton and metal are more likely to be inside an inanimate object

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what do children realize about inheritance

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only living things have offspring that resemble their parents

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what do 4 year olds understand about healing

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animate things, when injured, heal by regrowth whereas inanimate things, whne broken must be fixed by humans

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what is a common misconception of preschoolers biolody theory

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adopted children will physically resemble their adoptive parents

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what is a theory of mind

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persons understanding of the relations between mind and behviour

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what is the 1st phase of a preschoolers theory of mind

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2 years old
-aware of desires and often speak of their wants and likes
-alsoc link their desires to their behaviour
-understand that they and other people have desires and that desires are related to behaviour

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what is the second phase of a preschoolers theory of mind

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3 years old
-clearly distinguish the mental world from the physical world
-use mental verbs like think, believe ect.
-usually emphasize desires when trying to exlain why people act as they do
-become capable of lying to cover up bad behaviour

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what is the 3rd phase of a preschoolers theory of mind

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4 years old
-mental states take center stage in childrens understanding of their own and others actions
-understanf that their own and others behaviour is absed on their beliefs about events and situations, even when those beliefs are wrong

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what is necassary for a child to engage in pretend play with other children

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theory of mind

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deficits in pretend play for children with autism may be linked to what

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deficits in theory of mind

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theory of mind deficits may be due to difficulties in what

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executive functinoing present early in life
-childs ability to engage in intentional, self-regulated behaviours

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what have some researchers noticed in children with autism that could potentially disrupt information processing

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white matter abnormalities
-particurlarly across the corpus callosum

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what are false belief tasks

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situation is set up so that the child being tested has accurate info but someone else does not

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what plays a role in developing theory of mind and describe

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counterfactual thinking
-persons understanding that a situation or fact is counter or opposite to reality

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age relate improvements in reasoning and problem solving can be linkged to childrens continuous improvements in what

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information processing asa well as increased retention of information in working memory

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in information processing what is attention

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process by which we select info to be processed further

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when does attention improve in child development

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preschool years

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although preschool children are more attentiv than younger children, what do they struggle with

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spent less than half the time in a state of focused attention

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why does attention usually improve with age

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-older children are more likely to remind themselves to pay attention
-more liekly to have picked up on some strategies for improving their attention

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in attention, what is a strategy that improves accuracy and efficiency in making comparisons

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systemic comparison

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when children are able to observe the gestures and eye gaze of an adult along with hearing a new word, what can they figure out

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what the word might mean

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where does autobiographical memory originate

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in preschool years whne parents encourage children to think about the past by asking them to recall recent events

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when parents reminisce about events in a highly elaborate manner, asking many questions with new info contained in them and discussing childrens responses, their children tend to what

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remember those events in mroe ocmplex detail when they recall them later

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what is the one to one principle

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must be one and only one number name for each object that is counted
ex: counts 3 objects as 1, 2, a
-number of numbr words matches the number of objecys

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what is the stable order principle

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number names must be counted in same order
ex: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

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what is the cardinality principle

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last number name differs from previous ones in a counting sequence by denoting the number of objects in a set
ex: reveal understanding of this principle by repeating the last number name, often with emphasis “1, 2, 4, 8, EIGHT”

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during when do children master the counting principles

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in preschool years

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if a child has mastered all the counting principles, will they always count correctly

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no
-must mast conventional seuquence of number names and counting principles to count accurately

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why do childre stop counting at a numbre ending in 9

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cause dont know the next decade name

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learning to count beyond 10 is more complicated in what language

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english

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whta 3 language number systems are almost perfectly regularly

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chines
japanese
korena

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preschoolers abilitty to perform simple arithmetic operations is affected by what

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information they are able to hold in working memory

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what else can affect a childs learning int erms of counting and early reading skills

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temperament

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a childs processing speed supports greater ability in working memory which may have a direct impact on what

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ability to engage in inductive reasoning

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how does piaget and neo-piagetian theorists describe childrens developmental journey

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as one they make alone

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Kessen pointed out that what should be avoided in theory and research in child development

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seeing child as a unit of analysis seperate from other people and culture

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how did vygotsky see development of c hild

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social relationship through which children collaborate with others who are more experienced

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vygotsky believes that for children, learning arises when what

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oiut of their interactions with their caregivers

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why are vygotskys ideas imporant

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fill some gaps in the piagetian and neo-piagetian accounts

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what were vygotskys 2 primary contributions to field of psych

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socio-cultural theory of cognitive developent
-his support for a theory of disability

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what is zone of proximal development

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difference between what a child can do without support of experienced caregiver and what the child can do with the support

45
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what is scaffolding

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teaching style that matches the amount of necessary assistance to the learners needs
-giving help but not more than is needed

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what is private speech in vygotsky theory

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comments not directed ot tohers but that help children regulate their own behaviour
-talk to themselves while playing

47
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what is vygotskys term for thought

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inner speech

48
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when will a child use private speech most

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on difficult tasks rather than easy oens

49
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deaf children with deaf mothers tended to use what type of private speeach compared to those who did not

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more sophisticated an mature form

50
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what are 3 theories that help understanding cognition through thte preschool years

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piagets
information processing
vygotskys wokr

51
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children learn words more rapidly if their parents do what

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parents speak to them often

52
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when parents carefully describe pictures as they read and askingchildren questions, how does this impact the childs vocabulry

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increases

53
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why is questinoing effective when it comes to a childs vocabulary

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must match the new word with the pictured activity, and say word aloud
-when not asking questions, children can ignore words they dont understand

54
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children are most likely to learn new words when what

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they participate in activties that force them to understnad the meanings of the new words and use those new words

55
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bilingual preschoolers are more liekly to what

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-understand that the printed form of a word is unrelated to the meaning
-understand that words are simply arbitrary symbols
-do better on tasks of selective attention and tasks requiring complex information processing along with fast reaction time

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french speaking preschoolers performed more poorly on what tasks

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counting and number recognition

57
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when it comes to recalling word and cognitive control, monologue or bilingual chilren are better

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monologue: word recall
bilingual: cognitive control

58
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what are the 6 principles for supporting second language learning in children

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-learn what they hear most
-learn words for things and events that interest them
-interactive and responsive rather than passive contexts promote language learning
-learn new words best in meaningful contxts
-need to hear diverse exmamles of words and language structures
-vocabulary and grammatical development are reciprocal processes

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what is telegraphic speech

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talk consisting only of words directly relevant to meaning such as important verbs and nouns

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what are the 9 possible components of words to express meaning during two word stage

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agent (person)
action
possesor (my, your)
possesion
object
location
entity (when describing something about an object, this refers to the object)
demonstrative (that)
attribute

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what are grammatical morphemes

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words or endings of words that make a sentence grammatical

62
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childrens use of grammatical morphemes is based on what and not jsut memory for individual words

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growing knowledge of grammatical rules

63
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what is overregularization

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applying rules to words that are exceptions to the rule

64
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children know general rule in grammar but not what

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all th ewords that are excpetions of s specfic rule

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what is one of the first gramamtical morphemes children master

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rule for plurasl - to add s

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in context of grammar, by the end of rpeschool years, children have typically mastered what

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most of the rules that govern grammatical morphemes

67
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most childrens sentences are what

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novel

68
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when children adult sentences, they do not what

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imitate adult gramar

69
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according to the view that if grammatical rules are not acquired throguh imitation and reinformcent, perhaps children are born with mechanisms that simplify the task they are born with what

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neural circuits that allo them to infer grammar of language they hear
-processes that guide the learning of grammar

70
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what is brocas are

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region in left frontal cortex necessary for combining words into meaningful sentences

71
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if grammar is learned solely through imiataion and reifnorcemnt then it should be possible for what

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teach rudimentary grammar to nonhumans

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what have chimpanzes mastered when it comes to human language

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only simply grammatical rules governing 2 word speech
-with intensive and sustained effort (completely unlike preschool chidlrens automatic learning)

73
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when is the critical period for learning language if it is not mastered during this time what

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birth to 12 years
-never truly master language later

74
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individuals master grammar of a foreign language at level of a native speaker only if they are what

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exposed to language prior to adolescence

75
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in order for people to be able to master a language as well as a native born speaker, they must start to learn ti prior to what age

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10

76
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what is the semantic bootstrapping hypothesis

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children rely upon their knowledge of word meanings to discover grammatical rules

77
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majority of childrens errors in grammar are go what

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uncorrected by parents

78
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to help children with taking turns when it comes to communicating what do they do

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carry both sides of a conversation to demonstrate how the roles of speaker and listener alternate

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how do preschool children seem to interprest the lack of response

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didnt hear me so ill say it again louder

80
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when is the first deliberate attempt to communicate

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around 10 months

81
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what are toddlers first convos about

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themselves

82
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how do preschoolers formulating a clear message

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-senstive to importance of audience
-give mroe elaborate messages to listeners who are unfamiliar with topic

83
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full day kindergarten in canda may not have what

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long term benefitr for as many children as anticipated
-positive outcomes limitied to better numeracy skills in girls from low-income areas

84
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what is a benefit of full day kindergarten

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large cost saving for famikly instead of paying for daycare

85
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in china, what do parents want from preschools

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emphasize academic preperation

86
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in japan what do parents want from preschools

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learn value of being a good group member

87
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in creayin preschool programs, many childhood educators have found what theory to be a rich source of ideas

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piagets

88
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the ebst teaching experieneces are slightly what

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ahead of the childrens current skills

89
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teachers should encourage children to look at the consistency of their thinking but let children tak the lead in qhat

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sortin out the inconsistencies

90
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children who graduate from programs that embrace most of NAEYC or CAYC guidlines tend to what

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be better prepared for kindergarten and grade 1
-behaviour in classroom more appropriate and work harder and do beter in school

91
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Head start graduates are less likely to what

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repeat grade level or be placed in special education classes

92
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head start graduates are moer likely to what

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graduate from highschool

93
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preschoolrs who watched childrens television sesame street in 1969 were more what

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proficient at the targeted academic skills than those who watched it infrequently
-also adjusted to school more readily

94
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does seasme street remain effective

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yes

95
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which are prtrayed more frequently in tv shows,p prosocial or agressive behaviours

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agressive

96
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because of tv prigrams consist of many brief segments presented inr apid succession children who watch a lot develop what

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short attention spans and have difficulty concentrating in school

97
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researchers have found evidence for connections between early media exposure and what in children

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attentional problems

98
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because tv provides ready made, simple to interpret images, children who watch a lot become what

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passive, lazy thinkers who are less creative

99
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are the criticisms of tv consistently supported by reasearch

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no

100
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in reality tv viewing does not lead to reduced attentin, greater impulsisvity, reduced task persistence or increased activity lvele, tru or false

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ture

101
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s study reported connection between watching 3 or mor hours of television per day with what

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attention problems in adolescence

102
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many studies found no link between amount of tv viewing and what

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creativity

103
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what is one idea as to why negative effects of children watching tv are not found more consistently

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effects may depend on what programs children watch and not simply how much they watch

104
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si there strong evidence that exists that tv wathching has harmful effects on childrens ocgnition

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no

105
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extended televions watching promotes what

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-obesity
-detracts from physical activity
-reduces face to face time with children and adults

106
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television watching should be discouraged in children under what age

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