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What allows the cardinality (order) of numbers, but not their ordinality (relative position to each other)?
What allows the cardinality (order) of numbers, but not their ordinality (relative position to each other)?
What allows the ordering of numbers, but not what each number means?
What allows the ordering of numbers, but not what each number means?
What allows approximations between two number sets, provided the number sets are different enough?
What allows approximations between two number sets, provided the number sets are different enough?
What allows the infant to go beyond the counting system, precise and approximate number systems to deliver the semantics for the entire integer system?
What allows the infant to go beyond the counting system, precise and approximate number systems to deliver the semantics for the entire integer system?
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What gives adults an intuitive sense of the variation in magnitude, based on the approximate number system which deals with analogue magnitudes?
What gives adults an intuitive sense of the variation in magnitude, based on the approximate number system which deals with analogue magnitudes?
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What do adults have a mapping representation of, which is then also mapped onto the analogue representations (approximate number system)?
What do adults have a mapping representation of, which is then also mapped onto the analogue representations (approximate number system)?
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What is the main limitation of infants' abilities according to the text?
What is the main limitation of infants' abilities according to the text?
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What is the key finding regarding infants' number conservation tasks with small numbers?
What is the key finding regarding infants' number conservation tasks with small numbers?
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What is a key factor needed for infants to dishabituate during a test according to the text?
What is a key factor needed for infants to dishabituate during a test according to the text?
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What does the text suggest about infants' ability to represent large numerical quantities?
What does the text suggest about infants' ability to represent large numerical quantities?
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What do infants' abilities with large numbers resemble?
What do infants' abilities with large numbers resemble?
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'Quantity discrimination in female mosquitofish' is most likely associated with which topic mentioned in the text?
'Quantity discrimination in female mosquitofish' is most likely associated with which topic mentioned in the text?
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What does the term 'Many' refer to?
What does the term 'Many' refer to?
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What does the text suggest about the numeric abilities of infants and non-human animals in the absence of symbolic representation?
What does the text suggest about the numeric abilities of infants and non-human animals in the absence of symbolic representation?
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What do 3-year-olds learn about counting?
What do 3-year-olds learn about counting?
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What does the text suggest about the acquisition of the meaning of numbers like '4' or '40'?
What does the text suggest about the acquisition of the meaning of numbers like '4' or '40'?
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What is one of the questions it aims to address?
What is one of the questions it aims to address?
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