Elka is 9 years old. She has been working on her science project that places different dinosaurs into different periods of time. Which stage of cognitive development is she most likely in?
A) preoperational
B) formal operation.
C) sensorimotor
D) concrete operation.
E) postformal operations

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Elka’s science project demonstrates her ability to classify and organize information, which is a characteristic of the concrete operational stage of cognitive development. At this stage, children also begin to understand logical connections between things and become less egocentric in their thinking. Preoperational children would not have this ability to classify and organize information. Formal operational children think abstractly and are able to reason logically about hypothetical situations, which is beyond the scope of Elka’s project. Sensorimotor infants are focused on sensory experiences and do not have the ability to categorize dinosaurs into different periods of time. Postformal operations involve thinking about abstract ideas in a nuanced way beyond the scope of Elka’s project.

Elka Is 9 Years Old