What Do Researchers Such as Geary Suggest About the Ability

question 152

Multiple Choice

What do researchers such as Geary suggest about the ability to process quantitative information?

• A)It is present at birth.
• B)It emerges at the same time children acquire a sense of object permanence.
• C)It emerges at the time children first start using holophrases.
• D)It emerges when children reach the preschool years.

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Definitions:

Stringent Rules

Strict and precise regulations or guidelines that must be carefully followed or adhered to.

Play

A voluntary, enjoyable, and intrinsically motivated activity that is non-serious but may involve social roles and creativity, typical in children and recreational in adults.

Cognitive

Relating to mental processes such as perception, memory, thought, and problem-solving.

Dramatic Play

Play in which children enact social roles; made possible by the attainment of symbolic thought. A form of pretend play.