If you ask a child the question, "Why does the sun rise?" and she responds, "So I can see to go outside and play," this child
A) is most likely in the sensorimotor stage.
B) is demonstrating precausal thinking.
C) is demonstrating conservation.
D) has broken free of egocentric thinking.

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The child's response is an example of precausal thinking, which is characteristic of the preoperational stage of cognitive development. In this stage, children often make connections between events that are not logically related, as they do not yet understand cause and effect in the same way adults do.

If You Ask a Child the Question, "Why Does the Sun