A teacher shows a first grade student a map and tells her, "You live here, in Atlanta, Georgia." The child emphatically disagrees, declaring, "No, I live in Atlanta. I can't live in Georgia too, 'cause I can't live in two places at the same time!" This child is likely in Piaget's ________ stage of development, and has not yet arrived in Piaget's ________ stage.
A) sensorimotor; preoperational
B) preoperational; concrete operational
C) concrete operational; preoperational
D) formal operational; concrete operational

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The child's thinking is typical of preoperational stage, which is characterized by animism, egocentrism, and inability to understand conservation. The child has notyet arrived in concrete operational stage, where they can understand the concept of dual relationships and logical thinking.

A Teacher Shows a First Grade Student a Map and Tells