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  1. Sep 2017
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    1. Pidgin language use decreases and may even disappear when one group learns the language of the other or if the original reason for communicating, such as trading or selling goods, has ceased. In some situations, the pidgin develops into a creole language. This occurs when a pidgin language has been used across two generations, so that the children of the initial speakers of the pidgin learn or acquire the new language as their "mother tongue."

      Is Gullah an example of a Pidgin Language? What about words that differ from south to north due to settlement?

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    1. 34 m Chapter 2 The zone of proximal development refers lo the difference between what a child can accomplish alone and what he can accomplish with an adult's (or more capable peer's) mediation or assistance.

      This past summer I interned at gibbes museum of art for a summer camp and this is something I noticed a lot with the younger group at the camp. If a sat at the table to give them step by step instructions they did much better with the projects then if i explained it to the class and just walked around the room

    2. long-standing debate about the roles of nature and nurture in influencing an individual's develo

      We have also been discussing this in my Human Growth and Development class. It seems that there is a mixture of each in all aspects of a child's development. For example, obesity, diet and activeness have an affect on it, but our genes do as well.