alleryA child pretends a banana is a phone and pours tea into an invisible cup. Which Piaget stage?
ASensorimotor stage
BConcrete operational stage
CPreoperational stage
DFormal operational stage
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Preoperational stage
1. Using one object to stand for another (banana as phone) is symbolic or make-believe play.
2. Piaget linked this new ability to represent objects to the preoperational stage, about 2 to 7 years.
3. Such dramatic play is a typical sign of preoperational thinking.
**Why not the others:** Sensorimotor infants do not yet use symbols this way; concrete and formal operational children have moved past make-believe as their main mode.
_Source: Seifert and Sutton, Educational Psychology, 2nd ed. (2009, CC BY 3.0), Ch 3, section "The preoperational stage: age 2 to 7", p. 48_
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