Describe the varieties of early education.
What will be an ideal response?
- Child care centers (previously known as day-care centers) typically care for children outside of the home. Their purpose is to provide a warm, safe environment that includes some intellectual stimulation but mostly social and emotional rather than cognitive stimulation.
- Family child care centers are small operations run in private homes where the quality of care may not be as high as in center-based care facilities.
- Preschools are explicitly designed to provide intellectual and social experiences for children, typically 3 to 5 hours per day.
- School child care refers to pre-kindergarten programs for 4-year-olds funded by local school systems.
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A. the somatosensory cortex was bigger in an area representing fingers of the left hand B. there was no difference between them and the brains of nonmusicians C. the amygdala was bigger in an area representing fingers of the right hand D. the somatosensory cortex was smaller than that found in the brains of nonmusicians
Despite the name, in the ______________ single-subject design, more than one person can be tested
a. changing-criterion design b. interaction design c. multiple-conditions design d. multiple-baseline design
Michael has been hitting his peers at school, which can be characterized as relational aggression
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Dr. Khan has been on call at St. Joseph's emergency room for the past thirty-six hours, and because of a schedule mix-up still has another eight to go
What area in Dr. Khan's brain will likely have increased activity levels in compensation for his sleep-deprived state? a) parietal lobe b) temporal lobe c) occipital lobe d) caudate nucleus