Three-year-old Elizabeth scribbles a drawing and says,"The red sun is holding the cloud's hand." Elizabeth is in the
A) symbolic function substage of preoperational thought.
B) intuitive thought substage of preoperational thought.
C) coordination of secondary circular reactions sensorimotor substage.
D) internalization of schemes sensorimotor substage.

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Elizabeth's description of her drawing indicates she is using symbols (the drawing) to represent something in the real world (the sun holding a cloud's hand), which is characteristic of the symbolic function substage of preoperational thought. This stage typically occurs between the ages of 2 and 4.

Three-Year-Old Elizabeth Scribbles a Drawing and Says,"The Red Sun Is