Nativist approaches to infant cognitive development suggest that

A) children seldom play a role in their own development.
B) infants bring a great deal more with them into the world than Piaget realized.
C) the development of object permanence begins during the formal operational period.
D) children progress from sensorimotor cognition to abstract, idealistic, and logical thought.

Nativist Approaches

Theories suggesting that much of human knowledge and capacity is innate and genetically programmed, emphasizing the role of biology in development.

Cognitive Development

The process by which individuals acquire and develop thinking skills, from perceiving and learning to speaking and reasoning, throughout the lifespan.

Object Permanence

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or otherwise sensed, typically developed in infancy.