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#796 Paul Harris - Child Psychology in Twelve Questions

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The Effect of Genetic Factors on Children's Questions

The amount of inter-individual variation seems attributable to genetic factors seems to increase as children get older do we have any idea why that happens I would say right now we just have speculative hypotheses. As children get older their own internal abilities and disposition enable them to seek out a more linguistically rich environment whether it's by going to the library or reading a lot. We can identify where the child is asking a question how the parent responds so question asking begins quite early from 18 months even.

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