Of the following, which is a central purpose of early childhood education programs?
A) improve children's desire to attend formal schooling
B) make sure children have lunch every day
C) improve their learning and performance in school
D) provide child care while the mother works
C) improve their learning and performance in school. Early indications are that these programs can help all children improve their learning and performance in school.
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Watson's Psychological Care of the Infant and Child takes a clear-cut environmental stance
a. True b. False
When disorganized-disoriented infants are reunited with their parent, they tend to
a. not remember prior experiences. b. act dazed or seek attention (but move away if attention appears to be on its way). c. always scream in terror. d. sleep to escape the situation.
What happens if an intervention takes a "shot gun" approach?
a. The health psychologists are forcing participants to finish the intervention process. b. Large numbers of people are exposed to the intervention with the hope that those who need it are included in the exposed group. c. It is the most cost effective approach. d. The outcomes are more effective because the of the care taken to intervene at the appropriate level with the population most at risk.
In the text, the authors report that a person's popularity with peers is determined by multiple factors, including social skills, age at puberty, and academic achievement. This illustrates the concept of
a. holistic development. b. cumulative development. c. continuous development. d. plasticity.