The mother of a young child who didn't like to drink milk was trying to coax him to drink some. Taking the glass of milk, she poured it all into a smaller cup and said,
"There! Now you won't have to drink so much." She would never have fooled the child if he had not been in the __________ stage.
a. preconventional
b. preoperational
c. concrete operational
d. formal operational
b
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: Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Which best describes the current understanding of gender differences in cognitive abilities?
A) There are no gender differences in cognitive abilities. B) There is currently a debate about whether these differences are genetic or the result of cultural and environmental factors. C) There is no evidence that these differences are biological. D) There is no evidence that cultural and environmental factors can affect these differences.