Question

A child is playing at the beach. she pours an equal amount of sand into both a short, fat container and a tall, thin container. when asked which container holds more sand, the child points to the tall, thin container. this response suggests that she is most likely in the ______ stage of cognitive development.

Answer 1

This response suggests that she is most likely in the pre-operational stage of cognitive development. This answer based on the Piaget's 4 Stages of Cognitive Development. The preoperational stage is the second stage of Cognitive development where human's have not yet reach the logical thinking ability. However, the human already can think of image and object.