How does vocabulary growth differ between middle- and low-socioeconomic status children? What are consequences?
What will be an ideal response?
Children from low SES tend to lag behind other children in vocabulary development. This can lead to lower performance in school. Children in low-SES families are not exposed to as many different words, they have smaller vocabularies, and they use simpler grammar than middle SES children.
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A) providing preschoolers with information about genital differences promotes gender constancy. B) genetic factors have a greater impact on gender constancy than environmental factors. C) attainment of gender constancy is strongly related to false-belief understanding and emotional self-regulation. D) attainment of gender constancy is strongly related to the ability to pass verbal appearance–reality tasks.
Fine motor skills of the hand develop, in part, because of which of the following?
A) The progressive development of cartilage in the wrist bones. B) The progressive development and separation of the wrist bones. C) The development of bones in the fingers. D) The growth of new neurons in the hands.