The Average Age at Which Puberty Begins Is ________ in Boys;

question 33

Multiple Choice

The average age at which puberty begins is ________ in boys; in girls, it is ________.

• A) 14; 13
• B) 13; 11
• C) 11; 10
• D) 10; 9

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Definitions:

Artificialism

A belief, typically held by children, that environmental features were made by people.

Preoperational Children

Describes children in Piaget's stage of cognitive development, typically aged 2-7, characterized by symbolic thinking and difficulty understanding other perspectives.

Three-mountain Test

A cognitive development test designed by Jean Piaget to assess a child's ability to understand perspectives different from their own.

Reversibility

According to Piaget, recognition that processes can be undone, leaving things as they were before. Reversibility is a factor in conservation of the properties of substances.