According to Your Text, the Intellectual Performance of Children Who

question 38

Multiple Choice

According to your text, the intellectual performance of children who attend a quality day care program is _________ that of children from similar family backgrounds who do not attend a day care program.

• A) Higher than
• B) Lower than
• C) About the same as
• D) None of the answers are correct; Research has not measured this

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Definitions:

Child Temperament

Refers to the innate aspects of an individual's personality, such as mood, energy level, and emotional reactivity, observable in early childhood.

Big Five

A personality theory that identifies five broad dimensions of human personality: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism.

Erikson's Life Stages

A theory by Erik Erikson that outlines eight stages of psychosocial development from infancy to late adulthood, each characterized by a specific conflict.

Intimacy Versus Isolation

A stage in Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development where the challenge is to develop close, intimate relationships with others.