While giving a cookie to Joe,Mathew drops it on the table,and the cookie breaks into several pieces.Joe starts to cry when he is offered the pieces of cookie instead of the whole cookie.According to Joe,since the sizes of the pieces are smaller than the whole cookie,he is being offered smaller quantity.According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development,Joe is most likely in the _____ stage of development.
A)concrete operational
B)formal operational
C)preoperational
D)sensorimotor

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According to Piaget's theory, the preoperational stage (ages 2 to 7) is characterized by egocentrism, lack of conservation, and centration. Egocentrism means that children see things only from their perspective and cannot understand that others may have different viewpoints. Lack of conservation means that children cannot understand that the quantity of an object remains the same even when its appearance changes. Centration means that children focus only on one aspect of a situation and ignore other aspects. In this scenario, Joe is focusing only on the size of the cookie pieces and does not understand that the quantity of the cookie remains the same even though it is broken into smaller pieces. Therefore, Joe is most likely in the preoperational stage of development.

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