What Aroused Piaget's Original Interest the Subject of Children's Intelligence

question 16

Multiple Choice

What aroused Piaget's original interest the subject of children's intelligence?

• A) his observation of the differences in intellectual "style" between his two equally intelligent daughters
• B) his personal experience as a precocious child
• C) his fascination with the question as to why children often gave incorrect answers to intelligence test items
• D) his desire to understand his own, relatively mediocre academic record as a child

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