Developmental Concepts in Early Childhood: Like Virtually All Children Her

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Developmental Concepts in Early Childhood: Like virtually all children her age, Andrea has already constructed a theory about her physical world. Because the teacher frequently uses a globe to show students different geographical locations, Andrea's theory includes the idea that the Earth is a sphere. In her theory, however, gravity does not pull objects toward the center of the Earth, but instead pulls them "downward" toward the South Pole or into the open space "beneath" it.