When asked where the sun goes at night, four-year-old Kiet explains to his dad that it goes to sleep. Later that day, Kiet gets upset because he believes his sister's glass contains more juice than his glass. Both glasses actually contain the same amount of juice, but Kiet is confused because of the tall and thin shape of his sister's glass. From these instances, we can say that Kiet is in the ________ stage of Piaget's cognitive development.

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Kiet is in the preoperational stage of Piaget's cognitive development, characterized by symbolic thinking and a lack of understanding of conservation (the idea that quantity remains the same despite changes in shape or appearance), as demonstrated by his beliefs about the sun and the juice glasses.

When Asked Where the Sun Goes at Night, Four-Year-Old Kiet