Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the thinking of a child in the preoperational stage of cognitive development?
A) the tendency to focus on only one aspect of a situation
B) the ability to reverse mental operations
C) the ability to use words and symbols to represent the world
D) difficulty taking another person's perspective or point of view

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The ability to reverse mental operations is a characteristic of the concrete operational stage, which comes after the preoperational stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development. In the preoperational stage, children have difficulty with conservation (understanding that a quantity remains the same even if its appearance changes), understanding cause and effect relationships, and taking another person's perspective or point of view. However, they are able to use words and symbols to represent the world, although their thought processes are still characterized by egocentrism and centration (focus on one aspect of a situation).

Which of the Following Is NOT a Characteristic of the Thinking