Author Question: A friend claims that his 10-month-old daughter appears to be counting because she prefers a bowl ... (Read 48 times)

mikaylakyoung · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

A friend claims that his 10-month-old daughter appears to be counting because she prefers a bowl with many cookies to a bowl with one cookie. First, fill your friend in on research on the math abilities of young infants, focusing on whether or not infants can count. Then describe any two principles that your friend can expect his daughter to use when she counts during her preschool years.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

How many of the following are part of the definition of spiritual support: seeking pastoral care, expressing faith in a God, and participating in organized religious activities?

a. none
b. one
c. two
d. three

mjenn52 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Infants can distinguish one object from two and two objects from three. They can add and subtract using simple means which are unlike the processes that older children use to count. There are three basic principles of counting: (1) One-to-one principle: There must be one and only one number name for each object that is counted. (2) Stable-order principle: Number names must be counted in the same order. (3) Cardinality principle: the last number name differs from the previous ones in a counting sequence by denoting the number of objects.

Answer to Question 2

d