Piaget may have underestimated young children's cognitive competence in causal reasoning because:

A) his problems deliberately tried to confuse young children.
B) he relied on verbally presented problems and verbal justifications of reasoning.
C) he used only interviews with his own children as the basis of his conclusions.
D) he required children to manipulate objects they were not yet capable of manipulating.

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Varun Thakur · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  Piaget's reliance on verbally presented problems and verbal justifications may have underestimated young children's cognitive abilities, as young children might have difficulty understanding or expressing themselves verbally, even if they understand the concepts.

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