G. Stanley Hall and his student, Arnold Gesell,
A) developed the first intelligence test.
B) regarded child development as a maturational process.
C) argued that children actively revise their ways of thinking, but also learn through habit.
D) were the first researchers to implement behavior modification techniques.

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G. Stanley Hall and Arnold Gesell were proponents of the maturational approach to child development, which emphasizes the role of genetics in shaping development and sees development as occurring in a predictable sequence of stages. They believed that children's development was largely influenced by biological factors and that children's behavior was determined by their individual patterns of maturation rather than environmental factors. They did not develop the first intelligence test, implement behavior modification techniques, or argue that children actively revise their ways of thinking while also learning through habit.

G. Stanley Hall and His Student, Arnold Gesell