Which criticism has been applied to Piaget's stage theory of cognitive development?
A. Stages aren't distinct enough to capture the sudden jumps in qualitative reasoning that children go through.
B. Piaget proposed too many stages of cognitive development in adolescence.
C. The preoperational stage should really be divided into three substages.
D. Piaget underestimated the ages at which children could master various cognitive tasks.
Answer: D
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