Author Question: Ronnie likes to play with his uncle Steve because his uncle always has new magic tricks. However, ... (Read 118 times)

JGIBBSON · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Ronnie likes to play with his uncle Steve because his uncle always has new magic tricks. However, Ronnie has difficulty understanding how Steve can be his mother's brother as well as Uncle Steve. Ronnie's thinking is most characteristic of the ____ stage of cognitive development.

a. concrete operational
b. formal operational
c. sensorimotor
d. preoperational

Question 2

Veruca's mother is buying breakfast cereal. Even though there is more cereal in the wide plastic containers than in the tall, thin boxes, Veruca cries, I want the box, Mommy, because I want more According to Piaget, Veruca has not yet mastered ____, which means she is probably in the ____ stage of cognitive development.

a. conservation; concrete operational
b. conservation; preoperational
c. object permanence; concrete operational
d. object permanence; preoperational