A nurse asks a 15-year-old boy to think of an explanation for a simple puzzle. When he is unable to come up with any answer at all, the nurse recognizes that he may not yet have successfully mastered which of Piaget's levels of cognitive development?
A) Sensorimotor
B) Preoperational
C) Concrete operations
D) Formal operations

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The formal operations level develops in children between the ages of 11 and 15 years, during which true logical thoughts and manipulation of abstract concepts emerge. The sensorimotor stage develops in children between the ages of birth to 2 years, when thoughts are dominated by physical manipulation of objects and events. The preoperational stage develops in children between the ages of 2 to 7 years, when children function symbolically using language as a major tool. The concrete operations stage develops in children between the ages of 7 to 11 years, when mental reasoning processes assume logical approaches to solving concrete problems.

A Nurse Asks a 15-Year-Old Boy to Think of an Explanation