The following is a description of a child being assessed in Piaget's pendulum task: "They may try the heaviest weight on the longest string dropped from medium height with medium force, then a medium weight on the smallest string dropped from
medium height with lesser force. If they happen to arrive at the right answer they find it difficult to explain why." According to this description, it is clear that the child is in which of Piaget's stages of cognitive development?
a. sensorimotor
b. preoperational
c. concrete operations
d. formal operations
C. Children who engage in trial and error to solve the pendulum task are more likely in concrete operations. The child is not in formal operations because he or she cannot explain the rationale behind the solution.
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