NeoPiagetians Are

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Multiple Choice

NeoPiagetians are

• A)psychologists who abandoned Piaget's model in favor of information processing theories.
• B)applying Piaget's concepts to therapeutic interventions.
• C)cognitive developmental theorists who incorporate ideas from Piaget and from information processing approaches into their theories.
• D)cognitive developmental theorists who dismiss the ideas of information processing approaches and argue for a return to Piaget's original theoretical work.

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