Children who grow up in villages where pottery is made can correctly answer questions about the conservation of clay at an earlier age than Piaget would have predicted. This example of the development of earlier conservation skills provides support that cognitive development is strongly influenced by
a. assimilation.
b. brain maturation.
c. genetic make-up.
d. social and cultural factors.
D
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