Chen and Siegler's Study About 1- and 2-Year-Olds' Use of Tools

question 39

Multiple Choice

Chen and Siegler's study about 1- and 2-year-olds' use of tools demonstrated that the older toddlers were more likely than were the younger toddlers to:

• A)try to use their hands instead of a tool.
• B)generalize the causal nature of what they had learned on previous problems to new superficially different tools.
• C)ask their mothers for help.
• D)search actively for causes when no cause was apparent.

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