Piaget __________.
A) viewed the cognitive abilities of the child as fundamentally similar to those of the adult
B) regarded the child as an adult-like thinker but without the range of associations available to the adult
C) saw development as a progression through a series of qualitatively different states of cognitive ability
D) argued that cognitive development differed dramatically from child to child because of genetic differences

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Piaget believed that development occurs through a series of distinct, qualitatively different stages in cognitive ability, rather than a gradual progression. He described these stages as sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational.