Some Western Legal Systems Consider Either 7 or 8 as the Age

question 30

Multiple Choice

Some Western legal systems consider either 7 or 8 as the age at which a child attains reason. Is such a designation defensible from a Piagetian standpoint?

• A) Yes. Children do acquire some basic reasoning skills during the concrete operational period.
• B) Yes. Children become capable of abstract, hypothetical reasoning during the concrete operational period.
• C) No. Children are unable to reason prior to the formal operational period.
• D) No. Children can reason much earlier than this, i.e., during the preoperational period.

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