The preoperational child judges only the consequences of an action and cannot center on both consequences and intention. Piaget describes this as

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Piaget describes the stage where a child judges only the consequences of an action and cannot center on both consequences and intention as "objective responsibility." This is part of his theory on the stages of cognitive development, specifically within the preoperational stage, where children focus on the outcome of actions rather than the intentions behind them.

The Preoperational Child Judges Only the Consequences of an Action