Three-year-old Ben is pretending to build a birdhouse with some pieces of wood lying in the yard.Suddenly,Ben says,"I need a hammer to fix this," even when there is no hammer present.According to Piaget,Ben has entered the

A) sensorimotor stage.
B) concrete operations stage.
C) formal operations stage.
D) preoperational stage.

Preoperational Stage

In Piaget’s theory, the second major stage of cognitive development, in which symbolic thought expands but children cannot yet use logic.

Sensorimotor Stage

This is the first stage of Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, where infants learn about the world through their senses and actions.

Concrete Operations

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where children aged 7-11 start thinking logically about concrete events but still struggle with abstract concepts.