Jean Piaget Believed That Children

question 72

Multiple Choice

Jean Piaget believed that children:

• A)actively construct their own cognitive world.
• B)passively react to their environments.
• C)absorb their knowledge from the environment.
• D)gain their view of the world from their parents.

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