The correct answer is A. displaying cognitive abilities that are typical of preoperational thought.
Step-by-step explanation
The preoperational stage is a stage of cognitive development of the human, which occurs during childhood characterized by the human inability to do mental operations but is influenced by how things look. The beginning of this stage occurs with the acquisition of speech. According to the above, the correct answer is A. Because Marisabel said that the string that was rearranged into a circular pattern was shorter than the straight one, even though both were the same length.