Tavis is in Piaget's concrete operations stage of development.Accordingly,Tavis has recently learned to ____.
A) understand, create, and use symbols that represent things that are not present
B) take in new information about objects by using existing schemas
C) understand conservation, add, subtract, and measure
D) engage in hypothetical thinking and abstract reasoning

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According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, children in the concrete operations stage (ages 7-11) gain the ability to understand conservation (the idea that the amount of a substance remains the same even if its shape changes), as well as perform basic mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, and measurement. They are not yet able to engage in hypothetical thinking or abstract reasoning (option D), which typically emerge in the formal operations stage (ages 11+). Option A refers to the preoperational stage (ages 2-7), where children begin to use symbols to represent things that are not present. Option B describes the process of assimilation, which occurs in both the sensorimotor (ages 0-2) and preoperational stages.

Tavis Is in Piaget's Concrete Operations Stage of Development