Children who use hypothetical-deductive reasoning to solve Piaget's pendulum problem and can provide a rationale for their solution are closer to the ____ stage of cognitive development

a. sensorimotor
b. preoperational
c. concrete operations
d. formal operations


Answer: D

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a. After information from the two eyes is combined b. After a full 3D representation of the scene has been made c. From a comparison of local regions of the scene d. None of the above

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