Which of the following best characterizes Piaget's view of cognitive development in middle childhood?
A) continuous improvement in logical skills
B) discontinuous restructuring of children's thinking
C) biological prewiring of processes
D) random change in cognitive processes

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Piaget believed that cognitive development in middle childhood involved discontinuous restructuring of children's thinking, where children move from concrete to abstract thinking and develop the ability to reason logically about concrete objects and events. This is in contrast to the idea of continuous improvement in logical skills (A), biological prewiring of processes (C), or random change in cognitive processes (D).

Which of the Following Best Characterizes Piaget's View of Cognitive