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A child is shown a large box and a small box. The large box contains a 5-pound weight and the small box contains a 10-pound weight. The child picks up the boxes and looks at them closely, and then is asked which weighs more. The child is no longer focused only on appearances, so he answers that the small box weighs more. Piaget would say that this child is in the_____ stage of cognitive development.


Definitions:

Modern Life

Contemporary existence characterized by rapid technological advances, urbanization, social changes, and global connectivity.

Situations

sets of circumstances or contexts in which events occur, affecting the behavior and decisions of individuals.

Genetics

The study of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms passed down from parents to offspring.

Reinforcement

In behavior psychology, a process that increases the likelihood of a behavior by following it with a positive outcome or the removal of a negative outcome.

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