Children in the concrete operational stage differ from those in the formal operational stage in that they are ______.
A. more likely to use metacognition to solve problems, whereas those in the formal operational stage cannot
B. unable to engage in systematic thinking to solve problems, whereas those in the formal operational stage can think systematically
C. able to attend to multiple aspects of a problem, whereas those in the formal operational stage focus their attention more specifically
D. reason cognitively in a more advanced manner than those in the formal operational stage
Answer: B
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a. ?nurture plays no role in language development b. ?nature plays no role in language development c. ?at least some aspects of language development have a biological basis d. ?language development is a purely biological phenomenon
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a. performance standards c. reinforcement contingencies b. response cues d. behavioral sets
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(a) life threat (b) financial loss (c) injury (d) personal loss