Attempts to validate the universality of Piaget's stages of development have found that
a. while rates of development appear to be culturally consistent, the sequence of the stages varies.
b. while the sequence of the stages is consistent, rates of development vary.
c. genetics shapes rates of development, but culture has no influence.
d. both the sequence of stages and rates of development are uniform across cultures.
Ques. 2Ms. Fortunato, a secondary school teacher in the United States, is interested in how Piaget's findings might apply to children in preindustrial countries. Recent evidence suggests that
a. formal operational thought is evident only in industrialized countries.
b. the sequence of Piaget's stages is culturally dependent.
c. while the sequence of stages appears to be culturally universal, the rate of development may vary cross-culturally.
d. rates of development are consistent in most cultures, but many children in tribal communities skip the formal-operational stage of development.
Ques. 3Contrary to the findings of Piaget, several researchers have concluded that
a. many youngsters are capable of formal operational thought as early as eight years of age.
b. 70 to 80 percent of college freshmen have the ability to think abstractly.
c. formal operational thought is the rule rather than the exception throughout adolescence.
d. he probably overestimated the extent to which most adolescents are mature formal operators.
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