Lakesha watches as her mom puts a couple of drops of red food coloring into her glass of water.Although Lakesha tasted the water just before her mom put in the drops,she now believes that her water will taste like fruit punch.Piaget would most likely argue that Lakesha is in the _____ stage of development.

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According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, children in the preoperational stage (ages 2-7 years old) tend to have egocentrism, which means that they have difficulty seeing things from other people's perspectives. In this case, Lakesha believes that her water will taste like fruit punch even though her mom only added food coloring to it, because she cannot understand the concept of the water's taste not being affected by the food coloring. This is why option C) Preoperational is the correct answer. Option A) Concrete operations and B) Formal operations involve more advanced reasoning skills which children in the preoperational stage are not capable of yet. Option D) Sensorimotor stage only applies to infants and toddlers, not children in Lakesha's age range.

Lakesha Watches as Her Mom Puts a Couple of Drops