Jinjing can observe her own actions and abilities from an outside frame of reference and is still able to reflect on her own inner feelings. Jinjing is showing _____ and is probably in the _____ stage.

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Jinjing's ability to observe and reflect on her own thoughts, feelings and actions implies self-awareness, and this ability is typically associated with the concrete operational stage of cognitive development, which spans from 7 to 12 years old. During this stage, children become more adept at mental operations, such as classification, conservation, and perspective taking, allowing them to think logically and systematically about concrete objects, events, and relationships. While preoperational children (ages 2 to 7) do have some self-awareness and can reflect on their own subjective experiences, they have not yet fully developed the ability to take another person's perspective, and they tend to think in terms of their own perceptions and feelings rather than objective realities. Internalization and self-esteem are related concepts but do not capture the full complexity of Jinjing's abilities as described in the question. Externalization is not an appropriate term to describe Jinjing's self-reflective abilities.

Jinjing Can Observe Her Own Actions and Abilities from an Outside