Lucienne watches as an experimenter takes one of two identical balls of clay and rolls it into a long,thin piece.Lucienne says that the two clay shapes are the same.Lucienne's reasoning indicates that Lucienne:
A)has entered in the sensorimotor stage of development.
B)is capable of reversing a mental action applied to a real,concrete object.
C)has entered in the symbolic function substage of the preoperation stage of development.
D)is capable of understanding the falsity of animism.

Question

Lucienne watches as an experimenter takes one of two identical balls of clay and rolls it into a long,thin piece.Lucienne says that the two clay shapes are the same.Lucienne's reasoning indicates that Lucienne:
A)has entered in the sensorimotor stage of development.
B)is capable of reversing a mental action applied to a real,concrete object. 
C)has entered in the symbolic function substage of the preoperation stage of development.
D)is capable of understanding the falsity of animism.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Lucienne watches as an experimenter takes one of two identical balls of clay and rolls it into a long,thin piece.Lucienne says that the two clay shapes are the same.Answering this question correctly requires Lucienne to imagine that the long,skinny piece can be rolled back to the original ball.This type of imagination involves a reversible mental action applied to a real,concrete object.

Lucienne Watches as an Experimenter Takes One of Two Identical