Juanita has been watching Bugs Bunny on TV while mom prepares lunch in the kitchen.As they sit down to lunch,Juanita says to her mother "Wasn't that a funny thing that Bugs did?" When her mother says she didn't see the cartoon,Juanita gets upset and insists that her mother must have seen it,because it was on the TV.Which stage of development is Juanita at?
A) preoperational
B) formal operational
C) sensorimotor
D) concrete operational

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Juanita is exhibiting characteristics of the preoperational stage of development, where children tend to see the world from their own perspective and struggle with understanding that others may have different perceptions and experiences. This is shown by Juanita's insistence that her mother must have seen the cartoon simply because it was on the TV.

Juanita Has Been Watching Bugs Bunny on TV While Mom