A 17-month-old child should be expected to be in which stage, according to Piaget?
a. Preoperations
b. Concrete operations
c. Tertiary circular reactions
d. Secondary circular reactions
ANS: C
A 17-month-old is in the fifth stage of the sensorimotor phase, tertiary circular reactions. The child uses active experimentation to achieve previously unattainable goals. Preoperations is the stage of cognitive development usually present in older toddlers and preschoolers. Concrete operations is the cognitive stage associated with school-age children. The secondary circular reaction stage lasts from about ages 4 to 8 months.
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