According to Piaget, what is the major accomplishment of substage 6?

a) Children understand that a person or object continues to exist even if it cannot be seen.
b) Children are able to show purposeful acts with deliberate variety.
c) Children employ goal-directed behavior.
d) Children exhibit the capacity for mental representation, or symbolic thought.


Answer: d) Children exhibit the capacity for mental representation, or symbolic thought.

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a. short-term retention of visual and spatial information b. allocation of processing c. temporary storage of acoustic and verbal information d. memory icon

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Which case ruled that a White defendant can complain about the exclusion of Blacks from the jury?

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