Sandra is 11 years old, and reasons at Piaget's concrete operational stage of development. Which task is likely to be beyond her ability to solve?
A) sort a set of dolls by their height
B) sort a set of imaginary objects by weight
C) sort a set of baseball playing cards by team
D) solve all of these tasks
B) sort a set of imaginary objects by weight. Because concrete operational thought is limited to actual experiences, it is unlikely that Sandra will be able to reason about a set of dolls she cannot directly see and manipulate.
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