As Valerie grows older, she becomes increasingly proficient in a variety of tasks involving spatial reasoning, including drawing three-dimensional figures, solving geometry problems, and predicting where balls are apt to go when she hits them in a tennis game. From a neo-Piagetian perspective, Valerie's simultaneous progress in these diverse areas suggests that she:
a. Is in a state of equilibrium
b. Is in her zone of proximal development for spatial tasks
c. Can assimilate diverse spatial tasks into a single mega-scheme
d. Has a central conceptual structure for spatial relationships
D
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