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WhattoUnderstand · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Brenda has a longer attention span and is better able to filter out distractions than her younger brother Billy. This observation of cognitive ability supports the principles of ____.

a. Piaget's theory
b. the Ainsworth study
c. the three main temperament patterns
d. the information processing approach

Question 2

Federico and Nate are debating on how to best study the cognitive activities of children. Federico subscribes to Piaget's approach, which focuses on sudden qualitative advances. Nate disagrees, contending that the information processing approach is superior, because it focuses on ____.

a. gradual qualitative changes
b. sudden quantitative advances
c. sudden qualitative changes too
d. gradual quantitative advances