Although children under age 6 sometimes confuse appearance and reality, as Piaget said, studies by Flavell and others reveal that __________.
A. children as young as 3 can make appearance-reality distinctions under certain carefully designed experimental circumstances
B. children as young as 2 understand that a sponge that looks like a rock is really a sponge
C. when 5-year-olds are shown a sponge that looks like a rock, they believe it is a rock even after the have felt its spongy texture
D. children as young as 3 typically understand that magical beings such as Santa Claus are not really magical
Answer: A
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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a. entelechy b. instincts c. form of the good d. rational mind
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a. Wilhelm Wundt. c. Charles Darwin. b. William James. d. Gustav Fechner.
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