According to Piaget,children Acquire the Mental Operations Needed to Comprehend

question 630

Multiple Choice

According to Piaget,children acquire the mental operations needed to comprehend such things as mathematical transformations and conservation during the ________ stage.

• A) preoperational
• B) sensorimotor
• C) concrete operational
• D) formal operational

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Classical Conditioning

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