You are babysitting your friend's son Ali, who is 5 years old, and daughter Shivani, who is 8 years old. You give them both five small pieces of candy, but Ali's row of candies is more spread out than Shivani's row. Ali begins to pout and does not seem to understand that both he and Shivani have the same number of candies. This is because Ali is in what Piaget called the __________ stage of development.

A. preoperational
B. conservation
C. sensorimotor
D. centration


Answer: B

Psychology

You might also like to view...

In Freud's psychosexual stages of development, each developmental stage has a conflict that must be resolved before the infant or child can progress to the next stage

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Psychology

What variables can impact scores on measures of psychopathology?

a. SES and acculturation b. educational level c. previous attendance in therapy d. ability to remain focused

Psychology

A father shouts at his son, "Do as I say, not as I do.". This emphasis on total obedience suggests the ____ parenting style

a. uninvolved b. permissive c. authoritarian d. authoritative

Psychology

A neuroscientist records the voltage changes in a single squid axon to determine how signals are sent to neighboring cells. Here, the neuroscientist is using a ___________ to explain neural signaling.

A. generalization B. reduction C. separatist theory D. functional theory

Psychology