Results from Stigler (1984) suggest that 11-year-old Taiwanese abacus experts ___
a. perform poorly on arithmetic problems when they are not able to use an abacus
b. perform better on mental arithmetic problems than their American peers
c. use a mental image of an abacus when they solve mental arithmetic problems
d. count on their fingers when they solve mental arithmetic problems
C
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