Juanita has been watching Bugs Bunny on TV while mom prepares lunch in the kitchen. As they sit down to lunch, Juanita says to her mother "wasn't that a funny thing that Bugs did?" When her mother says she didn't see the cartoon, Juanita gets upset and insists that her mother must have seen it, because it was on the TV. Which stage of development is Juanita at?
A) preoperational
B) formal operational
C) sensorimotor
D) concrete operational.

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Juanita's belief that her mother must have seen the cartoon because it was on the TV shows that she is not yet able to understand that other people may not have the same knowledge or experiences as herself. This is typical of children in the preoperational stage of development, which occurs between the ages of 2 and 7 years old.

Juanita Has Been Watching Bugs Bunny on TV While Mom