A Developmentally Appropriate All-Day Program Must Provide for Many Aspects

question 23

Essay

A developmentally appropriate all-day program must provide for many aspects of children's development.Describe the things that must be taken into consideration.

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Definitions:

Instinctive Drift

"The tendency of animals to revert to instinctive behavior that interferes with learning."

Preparedness

The species-specific biological predisposition to learn in certain ways but not others.

Instinctive Drift

The tendency of an animal to revert to instinctive behaviors that interfere with the conditioned response being taught.

Instinctive Learning

The innate ability of an organism to perform a certain behavior the first time it is exposed to the appropriate stimulus.