A Parent Brings His Child into the Clinic for a Well-Child

question 11

Multiple Choice

A parent brings his child into the clinic for a well-child screening. He makes a statement to the nurse that the child is learning new words faster than he can write them in the baby book. According to Piaget (1966) , this child is in which of the following phases?

• A) Formal operations phase.
• B) Intuitive thought phase.
• C) Preconceptual phase.
• D) Concrete operations phase.

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