Donnie, age 16, is able to understand that a poem has another, less literal meaning and that the words are actually referring to life choices instead of paths in a forest. Donnie is in Piaget's ________ stage of cognitive development.

A. formal operations
B. preoperational thought
C. concrete operations
D. sensorimotor


Answer: A

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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