Word: reasons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Erroneous though these ideas are, they help the child comprehend that actions have causes. In this period, the child is not egocentric by choice. Parents should understand, says the University of Rochester's David Elkind, a leading Piaget scholar, that intellectual immaturity and not moral perversity is the reason why a preschooler continues to pester his mother even after she plainly tells him she has a headache...
...Alternatives. The child reaches the threshold of grown-up logic as early as seven and usually by eleven. Before that point, he may think that water becomes "more to drink" when it is poured from a short, squat glass into a tall, thin one with the same capacity. The reason for this stubborn misconception is that the child is paying attention only to static features of his environment, not to transformations. Now, at the age Piaget calls that of "concrete" intellectual activity, the child can deduce that pouring does not change the quantity of the water. He has begun...
Whatever happens at the Met, there is no reason to go without opera this Christmas. The record companies have been as productive as ever and some of their releases are of extraordinary quality...
...ASKED me if I had any questions. I wasn't prepared for that, although in retrospect I realize that this must be the reason most people come to a place like this. I asked if she could tell me what my career would be. Unfortunately. it seems my palm isn't that specific. I inquired if I could ask her a few questions. She acquiesced...
...Harvard is likely to be among the top teams in the East this winter. along with Dartmouth and Middlebury. If the nordic events-jumping and cross country-improve as expected, the Crimson could take the number one spot from Dartmouth. "With a little bit of luck. I see no reason why we shouldn't challenge for third or fourth place in the NCAA'S." McCollom said...