Children learn concepts most readily through
A)learning rules.
B)over-regularization.
C)positive and negative instances.
D)the punishment of children's incorrect labeling.

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Children learn concepts most readily through positive and negative instances. This means that they learn by seeing examples of things that fit within a concept and examples of things that do not fit. For example, a child may learn the concept of a triangle by seeing pictures of triangles and being told "this is a triangle" and "this is not a triangle" with other shapes. This type of learning is often more effective than simply memorizing rules or being punished for incorrect labeling. Over-regularization (B) is actually a common mistake that children make as they learn language, where they apply a grammatical rule too broadly (e.g., saying "goed" instead of "went"). Punishment (D) can be effective for certain types of learning, but it is not the most effective way to teach children concepts.

Children Learn Concepts Most Readily Through