True or False
In the first few years of a child's life, more than 1 million neural connections are formed per second
True
Early childhood research used to say that 700-1,000 new neural connections were formed every second during the first three years of a child’s life, which is impressive. But new research shows that number is actually more than 1 million neural connections per second!
SEL stands for
Social Emotional Learning
Who is known for his Bioecological Systems Theory?
Urie Bronfenbrenner
Famous founder of psychoanalysis
Who is Freud?
The fourth stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development is Formal Operational.
True
Piaget: Assimilation and...
Accommodation
This French philosopher believed that all children are born innately good, and with specific potential.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Known for Classical Conditioning
Who is Pavlov?
Preschool in Three Cultures covered the United States, China, and Australia
False
Japan
PreK Programs: Targeted vs....
Universal
This person is one of the architects of the Head Start program
Sargent Shriver, Bronfenbrenner, Edward Zigler, Jule Sugarman, OR Lyndon B. Johnson...
Developed the Strange Situation
Who is Ainsworth?
Policy making is a cyclical process
True
1. The process begins with setting an agenda, identifying a public problem or issue, officials help call attention to this
2. In response, the legislative and bureaucratic machinery of government may formulate a strategy
3. they adopt, and implement this strategy for addressing the problem.
4. Then the policy is evaluated, is this policy effective at addressing the problem? How can we modify it to make it better? Does it need to be revised?
When it comes to discipline, we want to connect...
before correct
Who came up with a famous curve that shows “The highest rate of economic returns comes from the earliest investments in children.”
James Heckman
Known for Operant Conditioning
Who is Skinner?
Child support money collected from a non-custodial parent always goes directly to support their child(ren).
False
Sometimes it is intercepted by the state for "repayment"
The six forms of cultural wealth are...
Aspirational
Linguistic
Familial
Social
Navigational
Resistance
Who is known for Overlapping Spheres of Influence, Six Types Model of Parent Involvement?
Who is Joyce Epstein?
Believed in children as "blank slates"
Who is John Locke?