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Title: What does the nurse recognize as an example of Piaget's concrete operational thinking?
Post by: Darkne55reborn on Feb 6, 2018
What does the nurse recognize as an example of Piaget's concrete operational thinking?
 
  a. 2-year-old says, It's nighttime when his room is darkened.
  b. 4-year-old refers to the hospital as my house.
  c. 5-year-old coloring a picture of a puppy says, This is my puppy.
  d. 7-year-old says, I am sick because I have germs in my chest.


Title: What does the nurse recognize as an example of Piaget's concrete operational thinking?
Post by: prestopotatopow on Feb 6, 2018
ANS: D
The 7-year-old's remark reflecting the cause and effect of germs and illness is an example of operational thinking. All other options are examples of preoperational thought, which is egocentric and symbolic.