You were recently watching your younger sister, who is 13 years old, try to figure out why her cell phone was not working. You were fascinated by the systematic problem-solving strategies that she was using

You remember just a few months ago she would not have been able to perform at this level of hypothesis testing. According to Piaget, what type of reasoning is she using?
a. random operations
b. haphazard trial and error processing
c. discrete trial learning
d. hypothetical-deductive reasoning


Answer: D

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