A child is playing with a toy. When you hide the toy, she makes no effort to look for it. According to Jean Piaget, the child is in which stage of cognition?
Correct answer: C. Sensorimotor
- A. Concrete Operational
- B. Formal operational
- C. Sensorimotor
- D. Preoperational
Explanation
Failure to search for a hidden toy shows that the child has not yet developed object permanence, the understanding that objects continue to exist when unseen. Piaget placed this ability in the sensorimotor stage.
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