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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