A child is able to pretend that a large box is a school bus. Later that day, she has difficulty reversing her actions and completing a puzzle after she has taken it apart. Piaget would suggest that she is in the:
A) concrete operations stage.
B) sensorimotor stage.
C) formal operations stage.
D) preoperational stage.

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According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, children are in the preoperational stage from ages 2 to 7, during which they are able to engage in pretend play but have difficulty with tasks that require mental operations such as reversing actions or understanding cause and effect. This is consistent with the child's ability to pretend the box is a school bus but struggle with reversing the puzzle.

A Child Is Able to Pretend That a Large Box