According to Piaget, the preoperational stage refers to the development of which cognitive abilities in children?
Correct answer: D. Child begins to represent the world symbolically but remains intutive and egocentric
- A. Child begins to speak for the first time
- B. Child begins to recognize faces of primary caregivers
- C. Child begins to solve problems logically
- D. Child begins to represent the world symbolically but remains intutive and egocentric
Explanation
During Piaget's preoperational stage, children can use symbols and language to represent objects and events, but their thinking remains intuitive, egocentric and not yet logically operational. Logical problem-solving is characteristic of later stages.
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