Question

While giving a cookie to joe, mathew drops it on the table, and the cookie breaks into several pieces. joe starts to cry when he is offered the pieces of cookie instead of the whole cookie. according to joe, since the sizes of the pieces are smaller than the whole cookie, he is being offered smaller quantity. according to piaget's theory of cognitive development, joe is most likely in the _____ stage of development?

Answer 1

Joe is most likely in the preoperational stage of development. The preoperational stage is considered to be the second stage of piaget’s theory to cognitive development where in this is the stage that the child engages to learning to manipulate symbols and as well as engage to symbolic play. This occurs in the age of two until seven.