easy · MCAT psych-soc
A 5-year-old child is shown two identical rows of five coins. When the coins in one row are spread further apart, the child insists that the longer row now has more coins.
According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, this child is most likely in which stage and lacks which specific cognitive ability?
- Sensorimotor stage; lacks object permanence.
- Preoperational stage; lacks conservation.
- Formal operational stage; lacks hypothetical reasoning.
- Concrete operational stage; lacks centration.
Sign up free to see the explanation and track your rank →
More MCAT psych-soc practice
- A child is rewarded with a sticker every time they finish th… — Which type of learning doe
- A study explores how the meaning of 'motherhood' is negotiated between stay-at-home mother
- A student is more likely to remember the word 'Apple' if they are asked 'Is it a fruit?' t
- A sociologist examines how the 'glass ceiling' prevents qual… — This study focuses on whic
- A researcher studies how members of a street gang use specific tattoos to tell the story o
- To remember the phone number 1-800-555-0199, a person breaks… — This strategy to expand th
- A person tells a story about a wild experience they had, only to be corrected by a friend
- A researcher is interested in how the concept of 'the hero' is constructed in different cu