Researchers Were Interested in How Students Solved Three Tasks

Multiple Choice

Researchers were interested in how students solved three tasks. The first task involved determining what factors influence the bending of a rod. The second task involved experimenting with different combinations of chemicals to determine which combination produced a yellow solution. The third task was the pendulum problem. These researchers were most likely studying the cognitive abilities of

A) preschoolers.
B) formal operational thinking.
C) scripts.
D) the influence of positive and negative reinforcement.