A health practitioner is interviewing a 6-year-old male child who is in Piaget's preoperational stage. Which of the following is characteristic of this stage?
A. The child views the world from his own perspective.
B. The child is totally self-centered.
C. The child tends to see things as either right or wrong.
D. The child begins to develop abstract thought.
E. The child sees adults as powerful and controlling.
A. The child views the world from his own perspective.
During the preoperational stage (2 to 7 years), the child views the world from his or her own perspective. In the sensorimotor stage (birth to 2 years), the child is totally self-centered. In the concrete operational stage (7 to 12 years), the child tends to see things as either right or wrong, and in the formal operational stage, children develop abstract thought and begin to understand there may be varying degrees of wrongdoing.
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