A child is shown a scenario in which Mary places a ball in a cabinet and walks away.Tiffany comes along and moves the ball into a drawer while Mary is gone.When Mary returns,the child is asked where Mary will look for her ball.The child incorrectly assumes that Mary will look in the drawer for the ball.This child is most likely in which of Piaget's stages of cognitive development?
A)preoperational
B)concrete operational
C)formal operational
D)felfex-oriented

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This scenario illustrates a lack of understanding of the concept of object permanence and the inability to take the perspective of another, which are characteristic of the preoperational stage of Piaget's stages of cognitive development, typically occurring between the ages of 2 and 7.

A Child Is Shown a Scenario in Which Mary Places