Four-Year-Old Christopher Begins to Use Primitive Reasoning and Wants to Know

question 85

Multiple Choice

Four-year-old Christopher begins to use primitive reasoning and wants to know the answers to all sorts of questions.He is in what substage of preoperational thought?

• A) intuitive thought
• B) symbolic function
• C) internalization of schemes
• D) coordination of secondary circular reactions

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Definitions:

Assimilation

The cognitive process of fitting new information into existing cognitive schemas, perceptions, and understanding.

Basic Trust

A concept in psychology describing the fundamental sense of safety and reliability in the world, often developed in early childhood.

Conscious Memory

The ability to recall and recognize information and past experiences that one can consciously acknowledge and describe.

Schemas Associated

Mental structures that represent aspects of the world and influence understanding, recognition, and recall by organizing information.