Nursery School Experiences Can Be Quite Beneficial to Children If

question 98

Multiple Choice

Nursery school experiences can be quite beneficial to children if they

• A) encourage a social curriculum of free play, communication skills, and respect for rules that will help youngsters adjust to a structured classroom environment
• B) emphasize the development of academic skills, thereby providing preschoolers with a head start on academic learning
• C) both of these
• D) none of these

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Definitions:

Developmental Psychologist

A professional who studies how and why humans grow and change over the course of their life.

Cognitive Psychology

A field within psychology focused on studying cognitive functions such as thinking, perceiving, memory, and learning.

Thinking

The mental manipulation of representations of information we encounter in our environments.

Memory

The nervous system’s ability to obtain and retain information and skills for later retrieval.