Which of the following statements regarding the application of Piaget's theory to human development is FALSE?
A) Piaget changed the view of children from one of passivity to one of activity.
B) Piaget's theory has many applications to the field of education.
C) Piaget's theory sparked researchers to conduct studies attempting to support or refute his claims.
D) Piaget himself did not collect much data about child cognitive development.
D) Piaget himself did not collect much data about child cognitive development. Piaget based his theory on extensive, long-term observations of his own children's development. Later in his career, he also supervised numerous studies.
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