Question

Two-year-old Allison pretends that a banana is a phone. She is using the banana as a symbol, demonstrating that she can reconstruct actions and things in thought rather than relying on what is present. This demonstrates that Allison is capable of:

Answer 1

Pre-operational thought

Step-by-step explanation:

As children, we are subject to treating objects as things they may not actually be. Pre-operational thought describes this phenomenon in that it is the process of relating images/actions to a completely unrelated object. Seeing that this is usually seen in more developed toddlers (5-7), Allison is quite ahead of the game (heh).

Anyways, I hope I helped. :)