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1- The "Learning How to Learn" section in your course text, summarizes a very important aspect of children's cognitive development. In your own words, define the term metacognition. Then, explain why this skill is integral to children's future cognitive development including success in school and in life.

2- "As children grow and change, their vulnerability to stress and the situations that produce it also changes" (Martin & Fabes, 2009). Review your course text, which discuss the situations or types of interactions that are likely to be sources of stress for children between the ages of 5 and 11. Then, explain how a child's competencies or capabilities related to physical, cognitive, and social and emotional development may affect how the child responds to stressful situations or interactions.

3- Poverty can create stressful and/or threatening conditions that affect children's development. Consider, for example, the effects that poverty can have on children's access to adequate nutrition. In what ways might undernutrition or malnutrition and the stress associated with both impact children's physical, cognitive, and social and emotional development?