According to Jean Piaget, children

Options

A. can be taught to behave and learn in specific manner using principles of rewards and punishment
B. actively construct knowledge as they manipulate and explore the world
C. learn by observing others following a process of observational learning
D. can be conditioned to behave in particular ways by carefully controlled stimulus response associations

Answer

B

Explanation

Jean Piaget believed that as children grow and their brains develop, they move through four distinct stages i.e. Sensorimotor, Pre-operational, Concrete operational and formal operational that are characterised by differences in thought processing in his research. According to Piaget, children actively construct knowledge as they manipulate and explore the world.