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Intensive early-childhood programs have been implemented in the United States. Give at least four examples of ways in which children benefit from early intervention.

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Piaget believed that until about age 6, it is difficult for children to think _____.

A) subjectively
B) egocentrically
C) logically
D) about animism

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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One of the milestones of preoperational thought is the ability to _____.

Demetrius's family recently immigrated to the United States from the Ukraine. After he attended kindergarten, his parents noticed that his English was more fluent than his native language. Demetrius was exhibiting _____.

Maturation of the brain's _____ is required for the development of a child's capacity to understand the perspective of others.

Amy designed her preschool classroom with several play areas that can accommodate groups of children so they can learn from one another. Her classroom shows the influence of _____, who thought that children learn from playing, especially with other children, with adult guidance.

Caitlin, age 4, visited the city zoo, pointed to a zebra, and exclaimed, "Look at the horse with stripes!" In describing the zebra, Caitlin used _____.

_____ refers to the ability to use the mind to plan, remember, inhibit some impulses, and execute others.

Sunnymont Preschool has plenty of opportunities for the children to play dress-up, dance, build with blocks, finger-paint, and be creative. Sunnymont is most likely a _____ program.

The set of skills Javier can perform with assistance but not independently is considered to be within his _____.

The Reggio Emilia early-childhood program focuses on _____.

Which child is MOST likely to have the best-developed theory of mind?

Four-year-old Collard thinks a tall 20-year-old man is older than a short 40-year-old man. Which Piagetian error characterizes Collard's thinking?

_____ is the best time to learn languages.

It is always better for a young child to attend preschool than to be home with a parent.

Although all of the objects of a culture guide children, ______ believed that language is pivotal.

Piaget called the stage of cognitive development between the ages of 2 and 6 "preoperational intelligence" because children do not yet _____.

Which of the following strategies predicts reading achievement in children from all income levels, languages, and ethnicities?

A child's inability to understand that undoing a sequence of events will bring about the original situation is called "_____."

According to Vygotsky's theory, skills that a child can accomplish with assistance but cannot yet perform independently are part of _____.