Question

Dawn is 1 year old. Ellis is 5 years old. Fritzi is 9 years old. Girard is 15 years old. Which child is correctly matched with the stage that she is likely in?

a. Dawn -- sensorimotor
b. Ellis – concrete operational
c. Fritzi – formal operational
d. Girard – preoperational

Answer 1

Dawn

Step-by-step explanation:

Jean Piaget developed a theory about cognitive development, it focuses on 4 different stages that start at birth and end when the person is in his/her teenage years where, according to Piaget, reaches the top of cognitive development.

The period where these stages take place are:

1. Sensorimotor: Birth through ages 18-24 months
2. Preoperational: Toddlerhood (18-24 months) through early childhood (age 7)
3. Concrete operational: Ages 7 to 12
4. Formal operational: Adolescence and until adulthood

In this example:

• Dawn is 1 year old, so he is likely in the sensorimotor stage.
• Ellis is 5 year old so he is likely in the preoperational stage.
• Fritzi is 9 years old so he is likely in the concrete operational stage.
• Girard is 15 years old so he is likely in the formal operational stage.

Thus, we can see from the options that the child correctly matched with the stage she is like in is Dawn.