Stacey Is 2 Years Old and Learning About Her Environment

question 177

Multiple Choice

Stacey is 2 years old and learning about her environment. As she does so, her language skills expand. She is best able to identify objects as either people, animals, or nonliving things. Stacey is demonstrating which characteristic of children's theories about their world?

• A) Children identify fundamental units for dividing relevant objects and events into a few basic categories.
• B) Children explain many phenomena in terms of a few fundamental principles.
• C) Children explain events in terms of unobservable causes.
• D) Children do not develop theories about their world.

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Definitions:

Work Centre

A specific location where work tasks within a production process are carried out, often consisting of people, machines, and materials.

FCFS Dispatching Rule

First-Come, First-Served dispatching rule; a method of process queuing in which tasks are tackled in the order of their arrival.

Services

Intangible products such as maintenance, repair, advice, or entertainment that are consumed at the point of delivery.

Shortest Processing Time

A rule used in scheduling to prioritize tasks based on the least amount of time required to complete each task, aiming to reduce job completion time and minimize work-in-process inventory.