A parent tells the nurse that his child is quite creative and learning how to pretend with "almost anything in the house." According to Piaget,the nurse realizes this child is demonstrating which stage/phase?
A)Tertiary circular reaction: stage 5
B)Inventions of new means: stage 6
C)Preconceptual phase
D)Concrete operations phase

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The inventions of new means substage, which is part of Piaget's stage 6 of sensorimotor development, is characterized by the child's ability to engage in symbolic play and use objects to represent something else. This stage involves imagination and creativity, as the child learns to pretend and invent new ways of using objects.

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