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Ordering Piaget's four stages by age gives:
ASensorimotor, pre, concrete, formal
BFormal, concrete, pre, sensorimotor
CPreoperational, sensorimotor, formal
DConcrete, formal, pre, sensorimotor
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Sensorimotor, pre, concrete, formal
1. The stages are always listed in the order a child passes through them.
2. Piaget proposed a theory of cognitive development that unfolds in four stages.
3. Those stages are sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational.
4. Preoperational runs from about 2 to 7, and concrete operational from about 7 to 11.
5. Formal operational then runs from about age 11 to adulthood.
_Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 9 'Lifespan Development', sections 9.1-9.4_
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