Piaget argued that newborns enter the world with
a. no means of adaptation.
b. senses and reflexes that can assist in adaptation.
c. little interest in investigating the world around them.
d. an intuitive knowledge of basic biology and physics.
b
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a. eidetic imaging. b. recoding. c. internal imaging. d. priming.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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a. dependent variable b. placebo control group c. extraneous group d. out-of-control group
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