The mother of a young child who didn't like to drink milk was trying to coax him to drink some. Taking the glass of milk, she poured it all into a smaller cup and said, "There! Now you won't have to drink so much." She would never have fooled the child if he had not been in the __________ stage.

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The preoperational stage is characterized by the child's ability to use symbols to represent objects and events, but the child is not yet capable of logical thinking. In this stage, the child may not understand that the amount of milk is the same regardless of the size of the cup. Therefore, the mother's trick may work in the preoperational stage.

The Mother of a Young Child Who Didn't Like to Drink