The Best Way to Summarize Research That Has Examined Alternative

question 23

Multiple Choice

The best way to summarize research that has examined alternative explanations of children's performance on Piagetian tasks would be to say that

• A)in almost every instance, Piaget's explanation is strongly supported.
• B)Piaget's theory needs some revision to include concepts that he did not consider.
• C)infants don't understand objects until much later than Piaget proposed.
• D)Piaget's theory is fundamentally wrong.

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