Which of the following statements regarding evaluations of Piaget's theory is FALSE?
A) Piaget tended to overestimate the cognitive abilities of adolescents and young adults.
B) Adolescents may not consistently show adolescent egocentrism.
C) Children and adolescents often show evidence of being in more than one stage of cognitive development at a time.
D) Piaget's ideas concerning the cognitive construction have not been supported by research.
D) Piaget's ideas concerning the cognitive construction have not been supported by research. Piaget's constructivist view of development is a well-accepted aspect of his theory. Children do seem to be active participants in their own learning and development, assimilating new information into their existing cognitive structures, and modifying or reorganizing their structures when necessary to fit new information.
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