AP PSYCHOLOGY

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Many preschoolers think that a single letter stands for a whole word or that each letter in a person’s signature represents a separate name.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -“On average, the more letters children can recognize and identify at an early age, the better their future reading achievement and the lower the risk of academic failure. Learning letter names can help with learning letter sounds, which benefits overall reading skills.

Detailed explanation-2: -By ages four to five, children will start writing letters. One of the easiest ways children learn how to write letters is to begin tracing them. Additionally, teaching your child how to write his/her name is an important step that will ultimately help them become familiar with writing the rest of the alphabet.

Detailed explanation-3: -A: Most children learn to recognize letters between ages 3 and 4. Typically, children will recognize the letters in their name first. By age 5, most kindergarteners begin to make sound-letter associations, such as knowing that “book” starts with the letter B.

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