A 5-year-old who has an imaginary friend with whom he converses frequently is displaying characteristics consistent with which of Piaget's stages of cognitive development?
a. Operational stage
b. Preoperational stage
c. Formal operations stage
d. Concrete operations stage
ANS: B
Piaget's preoperational stage describes the preschooler as imaginative and egocentric, believing in magical thinking.
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