What has made Vygotsky's approach less prone to criticism than Piaget's theory?

a. Vygotsky's theory generated fewer testable hypotheses than Piagetian theory.
b. It is a much older and more established theory.
c. Piaget's ideas have been very difficult to test.
d. Vygotsky's principles cannot be applied to American children.


A

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