Developmental Psychologists Have Settled on Which Description of Children's Understanding

question 14

Multiple Choice

Developmental psychologists have settled on which description of children's understanding of living things?

• A) Children have only a shallow understanding of living things until they are 7 to 10 years old.
• B) Children understand the essential characteristics of living things by the age of 5.
• C) Young children simultaneously possess both mature and immature biological understanding.
• D) Developmental psychologists are still in dispute over which description is most accurate.

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