Which One of the Following Statements Best Describes Children's Acquisition

question 56

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following statements best describes children's acquisition of new learning and problem-solving strategies?

• A) When children first acquire a new strategy, they use it infrequently and sometimes ineffectively.
• B) When children acquire a new strategy, they almost immediately abandon their earlier, less mature strategies.
• C) Children's new strategies are usually simple modifications of previous strategies.
• D) Children acquire new, more effective strategies only when adults encourage them to do so.

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Definitions:

Depreciation Expense

The allocated amount of an asset's initial cost over its useful life to account for its decrease in value.

Operating Hours

The scheduled or actual hours during which a business is open to conduct operations or provide services to customers.

Double-Declining-Balance Rate

A method of accelerated depreciation that applies a constant rate, which is double the straight-line rate, to the declining book value of an asset each year.

Straight-Line Rate

A method of calculating depreciation of an asset, dividing its cost by the number of years in its useful life.