Question

Select Piaget stage (or primary stage feature) from the drop-down menu that BEST matches the behavior described. Some items may be used more than once or not at all.

Ron, a toddler, takes a picture and puts it to the receiver of a phone in order to “show” it to his grandmother	Answer 1Choose...centration, concrete operational animalistic thinking, egocentrism, formal operational, preoperational
Jessica asks her mom to cut a pizza into 12 pieces rather than 8 because she is "really hungry."	Answer 2Choose.. .centration, concrete operational animalistic thinking, egocentrism, formal operational, preoperational
Rosa, who is 13, wants to spend her babysitting money on something special, but she also wants to save some of the money to buy her brother a birthday gift. She is trying to decide the best way to spend her money.	Answer 3Choose...centrationconcrete operationalanimalistic thinkingegocentrismformal operationalpreoperational
Jeremy says "my G.I. Joe is hungry!"	Answer 4Choose...  .centration, concrete operational animalistic thinking, egocentrism, formal operational, preoperational
Elijah is a 3-year-old little boy who likes to spread his peas and carrots all over his plate. After spreading out his food, he asks for more. His mom pushes all the food together and Elijah continues to eat. Which period of cognitive development is Elijah in?	Answer 5Choose... .centration, concrete operational animalistic thinking, egocentrism, formal operational, preoperational
Sarah walks up to her mother and announces that she knows the truth now- Santa is really her dad	Answer 6Choose....centration, concrete operational animalistic thinking, egocentrism, formal operational, preoperational

Answer 1

(Answer) (1) Preoperational – Because the child uses images to understand objects but does not understand them logically.

(2) Preoperational – Because the child uses images to understand objects but does not understand them logically.

(3) Concrete operational – Because the child can think logically about concrete objects. They can add, subtract and observe.

(4) Preoperational – Because the child uses images to understand objects but does not understand them logically.

(5) Centration – Because the child focuses on one salient aspect of the situation and ignores all other aspects.

(6) Concrete operational – Because the child can think logically about concrete objects. They can add, subtract and observe.