According to Piaget, which of the following would the nurse consider normal when assessing a 3-year-old?
1. Intuitive guesses about cause and effect
2. The ability to conserve
3. The ability to reverse operations
4. Thinking in hypothetical terms
ANS: 1
The preoperational stage (2-7 years) involves here-and-now thinking with intuitive guesses about cause and effect. 2. Ability to conserve is observed in the concrete operations stage (7-11 years). 3. The ability to reverse operations is seen in the concrete operations stage (7-11 years). 4. The ability to think in hypothetical terms is seen in the formal operations stage (11-16 years).
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