AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, the second stage is called Preoperational thought and it has two substages: Symbolic Function substage and Intuitive Thought substage. Between the ages of 4 and 7, a child begins to develop reasoning by asking a lot of questions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Intuitive substage – preschool children begin to use primitive reasoning and ask a litany of questions.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the intuitive thought stage (6 to 7 years), thinking is based on immediate perceptions of the environment and the child’s own viewpoint. Thinking is still characterized by egocentrism, animism, and centration.

Detailed explanation-4: -The preoperational stage is divided into two substages: the symbolic function substage (ages 2-4) and the intuitive thought substage (ages 4-7). Around the age of 2, the emergence of language demonstrates that children have acquired the ability to think about something without the object being present.