Piaget believed that each child:
A) passively soaks up information about the world.
B) actively tries to make sense of his or her environment.
C) progresses through a series of eight stages of psychosocial development.
D) is biologically programmed to learn any language.

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Piaget's theory of cognitive development emphasizes that children are active participants in constructing their understanding of the world around them, rather than passive recipients of information from their environment. They do this by organizing and adapting their mental schemas through processes of assimilation and accommodation.

Piaget Believed That Each Child