Unlike Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory, the information-processing approach
A) uses clinical interviews to determine a child's stage of development.
B) does not divide development into stages.
C) characterizes each developmental stage by qualitatively distinct ways of thinking.
D) views development as a discontinuous process.

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The information-processing approach does not divide development into Piagetian stages. Instead, it focuses on how children acquire, handle, and use information as they grow and develop.

Unlike Piaget's Cognitive-Developmental Theory, the Information-Processing Approach