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strangeaffliction · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Choose the statement below that most accurately reflects recent research findings concerning Piaget's theory of cognitive development.

a. The egocentrism associated with the preoperational stage continues to be common even in the upper elementary grades.
b. Concrete operational thinking abilities, such as conservation and class inclusion, develop later than Piaget believed.
c. The order in which various logical thinking capabilities emerge is consistent with the sequence that Piaget proposed.
d. Formal operational thinking abilities, such as the ability to think and reason about abstract and hypothetical ideas, begin to emerge in the preschool years.

Question 2

Olivia understands why 3/5 and 9/15 are equivalent fractions. Based on this information, Olivia is probably in Piaget's _______ stage of development.

a. formal operations
b. preoperational
c. concrete operations
d. sensorimotor