Psychology GCSE
Application to child examples
What Application to child examples means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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A child cannot use language to reason about a concept they do not yet understand, and describes an object only once they understand it.
Topics that use Application to child examples
- Language, thought and communication (AQA GCSE)
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