Which of the following would characterize a child who is in the concrete operational stage of cognitive development?
A) The child tends to focus on only one aspect of a situation, such as the height but the not the width of the liquid in two containers.
B) The child is able to think logically and systematically even when dealing with abstract concepts.
C) The child can only use basic sensory and motor abilities to understand the world.
D) The child can think logically, but his or her use of logic tends to be limited to tangible events or objects.

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The concrete operational stage is typically characterized by the ability to think logically, but this logic tends to be limited to tangible events or objects. Option A refers to the preoperational stage, where children tend to focus on one aspect of a situation. Option B describes the formal operational stage, where abstract reasoning is possible, and option C is not a characteristic of any stage of cognitive development.

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