It Is the 1920s and You Are Attending a Conference

Multiple Choice

It is the 1920s and you are attending a conference in which Jean Piaget is presenting his early theories on cognitive development to the scientific community.The attendees are stunned when he postulates that ________.

A) infant reaction time indicates a biological element to learning
B) infants are empty vessels waiting to be filled with knowledge
C) children have markedly different thought processes than adults
D) cognition is partly dependent on the culture a child is raised in