A nurse educator is explaining cognitive development in children to a group of nursing students, with the help of Piaget's theory of cognitive development
The nursing instructor asks the group of nursing students to identify the characteristics of cognition at the level of concrete operations. Based on this information, what would be the correct characteristics identified by the nursing students at the concrete operations level of Piaget's theory?
1 . Reversibility
2 . Seriation
3 . Conservation of matter
4 . Complex problem solving
A) 1, 2, 3
B) 1, 2, 4
C) 1, 3, 4
D) 2, 3, 4
A
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Cognition at the level of concrete operations exhibits the following characteristics: reversibility, seriation, and conservation of matter. Complex problem solving occurs at the formal operations level.
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