You are playing with a neighbor's son, Sam.He is taking a stick and waving it through the air, making airplane noises.You then take the stick and push it along the ground, making car noises.Sam angrily takes back the stick and says, "No, it's a plane!" Sam appears to be in Piaget's
A)preoperational stage.
B)concrete operational stage.
C)period of formal operations.
D)sensorimotor stage.

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Piaget's preoperational stage generally occurs between the ages of 2-7 years old. Children in this stage are known for their egocentric thinking and inability to understand conservation (the idea that the amount of a substance remains the same even when its shape is changed). Sam's insistence that the stick represents a plane, despite its different use, is an example of this egocentric thinking.

You Are Playing with a Neighbor's Son, Sam