Why should parents be concerned about their child's phonological awareness? How can parents help their child develop phonological awareness?
What will be an ideal response?
Phonological awareness is the child's sensitivity to the sound patterns that are specific to their acquired language(s); studies show that greater phonological awareness before starting formal education correlates with greater reading and speaking ability when a child starts formal education.
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a. the availability of engaging toys. b. prenatal exposure to sex hormones. c. whether the toys are high tech. d. media exposure to stereotypes.
You're out with friends when a talk show host walks up and asks if you'll answer a few trivia questions on camera. When he asks how many feet are in a mile, your first friend says 2,000 and your second friend says 3,000 . You don't know the correct answer, so you say 2,500 . Your response is similar to the judgments made by participants in which study?
a. Langer et al. (1978) b. Sheriff (1936) c. Asch (1951) d. Milgram (1962)
Social inhibition often occurs when the response is new or complex.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Decreases in one measure are matched by increases in the other measure in a
a. nonexistent relationship. b. positive correlation. c. negative correlation. d. zero correlation.