A parent gives a 3-year-old a cookie. the child says, "i want two cookies." the parent breaks the cookie in half and hands the t

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marusya05 [52]

3 years ago

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A parent gives a 3-year-old a cookie. the child says, "i want two cookies." the parent breaks the cookie in half and hands the t

wo pieces to the child, who happily accepts them.

Social Studies

2 answers:

Ymorist [56] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-05T14:51:00+03:00

Ymorist [56]3 years ago

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Answer: This is what is reffered to as empathy.

lora16 [44] · Answer 2 · 2021-12-05T16:54:56+03:00

Answer:

The child is in Piaget's pre-operational stage.

Explanation:

This stage begins at the age of 2 and continues until the age of 7. As the name states, the child is not yet ready to form concrete operations and understand logic, which means that he/she still cannot fully manipulate information mentally.

A person who has passed this stage can comprehend that a cookie cut in half is still one cookie because that person understand reversibility, which is to go backwards on a central idea to its origin.

So, if the cookie is cut in half, the person can go back on the thought that the cookie is still one, not two. A child in the pre-operational stage <em>does not understand this concept yet</em>, therefore he/she thinks that he/she now has two cookies.