Gabriel Is a Preoperational Child Participating in Piaget's Seriation Task

question 58

Multiple Choice

Gabriel is a preoperational child participating in Piaget's seriation task.He is asked to arrange a set of rods in order from shortest to longest.Which is the most likely outcome?

• A) Gabriel is too young to participate in this task and will only play with the rods.
• B) Gabriel will likely line up rods as increasing in length at one end but ignore the other end.
• C) Gabriel will only be able to successfully complete this task if the rods are different colors.
• D) Gabriel will easily be able to line the rods in order from shortest to longest.

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