One criticism of Piaget's theory is that it

A. overestimates the cognitive abilities of both infants and adolescents.
B. underestimates the cognitive abilities of both infants and adolescents.
C. overestimates the cognitive abilities of infants and underestimates the abilities of adolescents.
D. underestimates the cognitive abilities of infants and overestimates the abilities of adolescents.


Answer: D

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