Research on Animistic Thinking Shows That

question 129

Multiple Choice

Research on animistic thinking shows that

• A)young children attribute animism to nearly every object they find.
• B)Piaget was right, that animism pervades the thinking of preschoolers.
• C)animism is less common in preschoolers' minds than Piaget claimed.
• D)preschoolers often perceive animism in stationary objects.

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