The Gusii people of Kenya do not speak with their children directly but it is clear that their children reach the same language milestones as American children. It has been demonstrated that Gusii children learn language from ____
a. their DNA and biological preparedness
b. being in social groups where others are using language
c. the unfolding of their chromosomal and genetic lineage
d. having their language directly stimulated by their parents
B. Gusii children learn their language from frequently being in social groups where adults and older children are using language, not from having their language development stimulated directly in frequent daily interactions with their parents.
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In early elementary school in the United States, understanding math principles such as fractions and the place value concept has been found to benefit the most from which of the following teaching strategies?
a. Using concrete aids such as a place value board b. Having children memorize solutions to problems by rote as teachers do in Korea c. Presenting the problems in the form of word problems d. Teaching children the metric system first, and then the concept of place value
According to the principles of ____ people are relatively likely to repeat behaviors that have been rewarded and relatively unlikely to repeat behaviors that have been punished
a. classical conditioning b. operant conditioning c. vicarious learning d. effort justification