Schemas, according to Piaget, are best described as
A) set problem-solving traits that a child is biologically born with or without.
B) innate structures in the brain that process different types of information.
C) the part of development when a child learns that biological needs are sometimes less important than other needs.
D) set structures of knowledge that a child is born with and are activated when the child reaches certain ages.
E) new cognitive structures that are built on as a child develops.
E
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