Miguel is playing with buttons from his mother's sewing box. He is pretending they are little cars having a race. This behavior shows Miguel is in the _____ substage of preoperational thinking.
A) formal operational
B) intuitive thought
C) symbolic function
D) concrete operational

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Miguel's behavior of pretending buttons are cars indicates he is using symbolic function, where children use symbols to represent objects that are not present. This is characteristic of the symbolic function substage of preoperational thinking.

Miguel Is Playing with Buttons from His Mother's Sewing Box