What is characteristic of the preoperational stage of cognitive development?
a. Thinking is logical. c. Reasoning is inductive.
b. Thinking is concrete. d. Generalizations can be made.
ANS: B
Preoperational thinking is concrete and tangible. Children in this age group cannot reason beyond the observable, and they lack the ability to make deductions or generalizations. Increasingly logical thought, inductive reasoning, and the ability to make generalizations are characteristic of the concrete operations stage of development, ages 7 to 11 years.
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