In Piaget's concrete operational stage,
A) thought is more logical, flexible, and organized than it was during early childhood.
B) the focus is on coordination of sensation and action through reflexive behaviors.
C) the child learns to use and to represent objects by images, words, and drawings.
D) individuals move beyond concrete experiences and begin to think abstractly.

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In Piaget's concrete operational stage, children develop more logical, flexible, and organized thinking than they had during early childhood. They can perform mental operations with concrete objects, such as conservation tasks and classification tasks. However, abstract thinking does not develop until the formal operational stage. B is incorrect because it describes the sensorimotor stage, C is incorrect because it describes the preoperational stage, and D is incorrect because it describes the formal operational stage.

In Piaget's Concrete Operational Stage