Neo-Piagetian theorists have modified Piaget's original formulation of the preoperational stage by ________.
A. rejecting outright Piaget's notion of developmental stages
B. giving preschoolers more complex tasks to solve than Piaget originally used
C. building on strong evidence that Piaget's strict stage definitions are valid
D. combining Piaget's stage approach with the information-processing emphasis on task-specific change
Answer: D
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a. 12%. b. 27%. c. 4.8%. d. 2.5%.
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a. the types of social experiences children have do indeed factor into the development of autobiographical memories. b. cultural differences in parent-child interactions may lead to cross-cultural differences in the number or type of childhood memories that children form. c. autobiographical memories may be related to the child's understanding of the general form that stories take. d. all of these.