A good way to encourage development of a child's intellectual capacity is to
a. require highly abstract thought, regardless of the child's age.
b. present challenges slightly beyond the child's current level of comprehension.
c. expose the child to advanced intellectual topics and styles of thought at least three years above his current level.
d. present problems that are always highly novel or extremely unusual.
B
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Which statement concerning self-report measures is false?
a. They are sometimes inaccurate because people intentionally present themselves in a socially desirable way. b. ?They may not allow for individuals to explicitly remember the thoughts or behaviors they are asked about. c. They allow researchers access to individuals' private thoughts and feelings. d. They are not influenced by the phrasing of a question or the response options provided.
When a young child is talking on the phone with someone and says, "look at my birds," holding
the phone towards her parakeets and assuming that the other person can see what she sees, she is demonstrating what characteristic? a. Improper logic b. Egomania c. Egocentrism d. Short attention span
Research on the importance of early experiences for children's intellectual development played a major role in the founding of
A) the Convention on the Rights of the Child. B) the Children's Defense Fund. C) Project Head Start. D) the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Studies show that educational self-fulfilling prophecies are especially strong
A) in multigrade classrooms. B) in social-constructivist classrooms. C) when teachers rely on cooperative learning techniques. D) when teachers emphasize competition and publicly compare children.