A Teenager Is Given an Experimental Problem

question 20

Multiple Choice

A teenager is given an experimental problem. She responds by systematically testing one variable at a time while holding the other variables constant in order to get the right answer. This teen is most likely in which of Piaget's stages?

• A) concrete operations
• B) preoperational
• C) formal operations
• D) sensorimotor
• E) post formal

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Definitions:

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