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Melani1276 · **on:** Jul 31, 2018

Katherine, an elementary school teacher, believes that children are by nature prone to mean and unruly behavior and that part of a teacher's job is to be a firm disciplinarian to help children overcome these tendencies. Katherine's ideas are most similar to which of the following?

a. child naturalism
b. tabula rasa
c. child depravity theory
d. utilitarian education

Question 2

The child depravity theory held that the corruptive weakness of children could be corrected by

a. authoritarian teaching techniques.
b. developmentally appropriate teaching.
c. naturalistic teaching approaches.
d. social interaction with peers.