You Were Recently Watching Your 12-Year-Old Sister Try to Figure

question 107

Multiple Choice

You were recently watching your 12-year-old sister try to figure out why her tablet was not working.You were fascinated by the systematic problem-solving strategies that she used to resolve the problem.You remember just a few months ago she would not have been able to perform at this level of hypothesis testing.According to Piaget, what type of reasoning is she using?

• A)random operations
• B)haphazard trial and error processing
• C)discrete trial learning
• D)hypothetical-deductive reasoning

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Definitions:

British Policies

Refers to the laws, regulations, and actions taken by the British government or authorities which can have domestic or international effects.

Colonists

describes individuals who settle in territories often claimed or controlled by another country, usually in pursuit of economic opportunities and new lives, such as the settlers of the American continents by European powers.

Committees of Observation

Local groups established in the American colonies to enforce the boycotts imposed by the Continental Congress and to resist British policies leading up to the American Revolution.

Tactics

Specific actions, strategies, or maneuvers used to achieve a particular objective, often within a larger plan or strategy.