Which Describes the Term "Developmentally Appropriate Practice" (DAP)

question 49

Multiple Choice

Which describes the term "developmentally appropriate practice" (DAP) ?

• A)a curriculum-based assessment technique for deciding on intervention strategies
• B)a procedural safeguard in IDEA that applies to assessment and identification in early childhood special education
• C)a philosophy and guidelines for basing teaching on what is typically expected of children of different ages and stages
• D)a philosophy and guidelines promoting the concepts of inclusion and natural learning environments (e.g.,home)in early childhood

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Definitions:

Dual Processing

The principle that our mind operates on two levels: a conscious deliberate level and an unconscious automatic level.

Inattentional Blindness

The psychological phenomenon where an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus in plain sight due to a lack of attention, not vision defects or deficits.

Selective Attention

The process by which a person can focus on a specific stimulus while ignoring surrounding stimuli.

Inattentional Blindness

A psychological lack of attention that is not associated with any vision defects or deficits, in which an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus in plain sight.