Rosa, who is 13, wants to spend her babysitting money on something special, but she also wants to save some of the money to buy her brother a birthday gift. She is trying to decide the best way to spend her money. Which stage of cognitive development is Rosa in?

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Rosa's consideration of how to allocate her resources (i.e., spending money on something special and saving money for her brother's gift) shows advanced logical reasoning, indicating she is likely in the formal operations stage of cognitive development. The other options, sensorimotor (infancy) and biophysical (a made-up term), are not relevant to Rosa's situation. Reversibility is a concept related to concrete operational thinking, which typically occurs before formal operations.

Rosa, Who Is 13, Wants to Spend Her Babysitting Money