What Cognitive Ability Do Children Develop in Middle Childhood That

question 27

Multiple Choice

What cognitive ability do children develop in middle childhood that empowers or enables them to answer conservation questions correctly (like those posed by Piaget) and to think reversibly?

• A)Ability to count
• B)Ability of metacognition
• C)Ability to think abstractly
• D)Ability to decenter

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