A child put the clothespins into the milk jug. They then tried to reach their hand inside the jug to get them out. They did this over and over again. They could not get the clothespins out. This sounds like a child in which of Piagets stages of cognitive development?

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A child put the clothespins into the milk jug. They then tried to reach their hand inside the jug to get them out. They did this over and over again. They could not get the clothespins out. This sounds like a child in which of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?

A	sensorimotor
B	preoperational
C	concrete operations
D	formal operattions

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -2. The preoperational stage (2–7 years) During this stage, children build on object permanence and continue to develop abstract mental processes. This means they can think about things beyond the physical world, such as things that happened in the past.

Detailed explanation-2: -When Does Object Permanence Occur? Research by Jean Piaget suggests object permanence develops when a baby is around eight months old. According to Piaget’s stages of development, object permanence is the main goal for the sensorimotor stage.

Detailed explanation-3: -The concrete operational child is able to make use of logical principles in solving problems involving the physical world. For example, the child can understand principles of cause and effect, size, and distance.

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