Peers preschool and school

Question 1

Peer influences

Answer 1

• Acquisition of social customs, norms and roles through group conformity (e.g. second language/dialect/accent; values and
  attitudes; gender roles)
• Peer group conformity vs. peer pressure

Question 1

What is personality and name the big five model

Answer 1

Personality: reasonably stable individual differences in the patterns of emotions and behavior
Big Five” model: extraversion, neuroticism, openness to new experience, conscientiousness, agreeableness

Question 2

What is early childhood care and education [ECCE]

Answer 2

refers to all programs for children between ages zero to the start of primary education.

Question 3

What is Developmentally appropriate learning goals

Answer 3

perspective within early childhood education whereby a teacher or child caregiver nurtures a child’s social/emotional, physical, and cognitive development

Question 4

What is free play

Answer 4

one “with no adult directors or close supervisors

Question 5

Why do parents force their child to do compulsory schooling?

Answer 5

Socialization: Acquisition of basic skills (the three Rs, etc.) and Cultural indoctrination
– Individualization: Opportunity to discover and develop talents/potentials, start exploring potential career paths

Question 6

How to homo sapiens differ in learning from apes?

Answer 6

Much better observational learning (i.e. earning by imitation)- Ability to benefit from unintentional modelling
More knowledgeable others offering explicit
instruction (i.e. teaching), which the learner can benefit from