When Piaget and His Colleagues Asked Children of Different Ages

question 98

Multiple Choice

When Piaget and his colleagues asked children of different ages to balance a scale using several different weights, they found that _____.

• A) by age 4, children tended to use logical deduction
• B) by age 7, children used spatial relationships
• C) by age 10, trial-and-error strategies based on logic are used to balance the scale
• D) by age 13 or 14, logic is used to understand a reciprocal relationship

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Definitions:

Y Chromosome

A sex chromosome typically associated with male biological characteristics in humans and other mammals, playing a crucial role in sex determination and genetic inheritance.

Testosterone

A primary male sex hormone that plays key roles in health and well-being, including the development of male secondary sexual characteristics.

Indifferent Gonad

A gonad in its early developmental stages before it differentiates into a testis or an ovary.

Testes

The glands that produce sperm.