In an Israeli study of seventh to ninth graders, after controlling for participants’ age, researchers found that __________ fully accounted for early adolescent gains in propositional thought

A) pubertal timing
B) real-world knowledge
C) their own beliefs
D) years of schooling


Answer: D

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