Which of the Following Statements Is False

question 202

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is false?

• A)Islamic scientists preserved both the Greek traditions and Persian and Indian texts.
• B)Arab mathematicians studied and enlarged upon Indian traditions of numerical reckoning, including the concept of zero.
• C)Arab scholars were especially advanced in the development of navigational devices such as the astrolabe.
• D)Arab scholars made substantial progress in the study of optics.
• E)none of these choices

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Definitions:

Deferred Imitation

Piaget’s term for reproduction of an observed behavior after the passage of time by calling up a stored symbol of it.

Symbolic Functioning

The ability to use symbols, signs, or objects to represent something else.

Formal Operational

The stage of cognitive development, as proposed by Piaget, where individuals are able to think abstractly and logically.

Concrete Operational

A stage in Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development during which children gain the ability to think logically about concrete events and objects.