Taking into Account What You Have Studied About Piaget's Stages

question 37

Multiple Choice

Taking into account what you have studied about Piaget's stages of cognitive development, why would a toy manufacturer be uninterested in hiring the typical first- or second-grade child as a consultant?

• A) Primary grade children are unable to express their likes and dislikes.
• B) Primary grade children like all toys equally well.
• C) Primary grade children do not reason logically.
• D) Primary grade children have little interest in how toys are designed.

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Definitions:

Environmental Influences

Factors external to the individual, such as climate, culture, and social conditions, that can affect development and behavior.

Cohort Differences

Variations in characteristics, experiences, or development among groups of individuals who are defined by some shared temporal experience or common life experience.

Industry

The sector of the economy concerned with the production, processing, and distribution of goods and services.