A nursing instructor is integrating Piaget's theory of cognitive development into the discussion of learning and mental health issues affecting adolescents. The instructor would identify this age group as in which stage?
A) Concrete operations
B) Preoperational
C) Formal operations
D) Sensorimotor
Ans: C
Adolescents are in the formal operations stage of development. School-age children are in the concrete operations stage. Children between the ages of 2 and 7 years are in the preoperational stage of cognitive development. Infants and toddlers to age 2 years are in the sensorimotor stage.
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