When Gavin's mother made him a grilled-cheese sandwich for lunch,Gavin complained that he wanted two sandwiches because he was super-hungry.After his mother cut his sandwich in half,Gavin was satisfied that he would have enough to eat.Which stage of cognitive development is Gavin in

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Gavin's complaint of wanting two sandwiches shows that he is in the preoperational stage where children are known to have egocentric thinking and struggle to understand conservation (the idea that quantity remains the same even if the shape or size changes). However, his satisfaction after seeing the sandwich cut in half indicates that he is developing the concept of conservation and entering the concrete operational stage where children can understand logical thinking and conservation.

When Gavin's Mother Made Him a Grilled-Cheese Sandwich for Lunch,Gavin