Follow-Up Research Indicates That

question 21

Multiple Choice

Follow-up research indicates that

• A) when given simplified tasks based on familiar experiences, preschoolers rely on trial and error to solve problems.
• B) a preoperational stage, as described by Piaget, really exists.
• C) Piaget was partly right and partly wrong about young children's cognitive capacities.
• D) preschoolers rely on faulty logic to solve problems even when given simplified tasks based on familiar experiences.

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