Question

Twelve-year-old Cedrick's English teacher often chooses spelling words that can be rearranged to make new words. Cedrick enjoys the challenge of anagrams and puzzles, and because he has always enjoyed science fiction comic books, he has recently begun making up his own stories. Cedrick is in Piaget's _____ stage.

A) sensorimotor
B) preoperational
C) concrete operational
D) formal operational

Answer 1

Cedrick is in Piaget's D.) FORMAL OPERATIONAL stage.

Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development
1) Sensorimotor - From birth to age 2.
2) Preoperational - ages 2 to 7
3) Concrete Operational - ages 7 to 11
4) Formal Operational - ages 12 and up

Formal Operational Stage of Cognitive Development has these characteristics and changes:
* young adult begins to think abstractly and reason about hypothetical problems
* abstract thoughts emerges and issues involving moral, philosophical, ethical, social, and political concerns are considered and discussed
* young adult begins to use deductive reasoning from a general principle to a specific data.