A nurse is helping a father understand expected behaviors of his 8-year-old son. The nurse is teaching the father that, by this age, the boy is in the concrete operations stage of development
What are the most common characteristics that the nurse can tell the father that are displayed by children at this level according to Piaget's theory of cognitive development? A) They have the ability to understand quantities, such as weight and volume.
B) They have the ability to solve complex problems.
C) They have the ability to investigate and explore the environment.
D) They have the ability to learn by touching.
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The nurse should identify the child's ability to understand quantities, such as weight and volume, and conservation of matter, as one of the characteristics displayed in children during the concrete operations phase. Abstract thinking, complex problem solving, and sharing are not characteristics of children during the concrete operation phase.
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