Which criticism has been applied to Piaget's stage theory of cognitive development?
A. Piaget overestimated the ages at which children could master various cognitive tasks.
B. The preoperational stage should really be divided into seven substages.
C. Piaget focused on a culturally limited set of observations when making claims for universal processes.
D. The sensorimotor period is longer than Piaget predicted, stretching well into middle childhood.
Answer: C
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