Who Is More Likely to Participate in Sports

question 155

Multiple Choice

Who is more likely to participate in sports?

• A) a child living in the country
• B) a 5-year-old
• C) a 13-year-old
• D) a child of a recent immigrant

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Definitions:

Symbolic Play

A type of play in which children use objects, actions, or ideas to represent other objects, actions, or ideas, playing a crucial role in language and cognitive development.

Compensation

A mental operation in which a child realizes that changes in one aspect of a problem are compared with and compensated for by changes in another aspect.

Conservation of Number

A cognitive ability, identified by Piaget, that allows a child to understand that the quantity of an item remains the same despite changes in its shape or arrangement.