Follow-up research on preoperational thought indicates that preschoolers do not display the illogical characteristics that Piaget saw when the tasks are
A) first performed by more expert peers while the preschooler watches.
B) simplified and made relevant to their everyday lives.
C) performed by their parents rather than unfamiliar experimenters.
D) performed with their own toys rather than unfamiliar objects.

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Simplifying the tasks and making them relevant to preschoolers' everyday lives has been shown to improve their performance on preoperational thought tasks. This suggests that their apparent illogicality may have more to do with difficulty understanding and applying abstract concepts rather than a fundamental flaw in their thinking abilities.

Follow-Up Research on Preoperational Thought Indicates That Preschoolers Do Not