A Child Demonstrates Increasing Language Skills and an Understanding of Symbols

question 15

Multiple Choice

A child demonstrates increasing language skills and an understanding of symbols. Creative play and the use of imagination is an important activity in the child's life. Based upon these characteristics and according to Jean Piaget's theory, what stage of cognitive development is the child demonstrating?

• A) Preoperational stage
• B) Sensorimotor stage
• C) Concrete operational stage
• D) Formal operational stage

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