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According to Piaget’s theories of development, which of the following characteristics are NOT indicative of the concrete operational stage of cognitive development?
  1. Logically reasons about specific objects and events
  2. Uses multiple features to classify objects and orders them in a series based on a single dimension
  3. Demonstrates an understanding of the conservation of number, weight and mass among objects that they can manipulate
  4. Can reason through abstract concepts and test hypotheses systematically
Explanation
Answer: D - According to Piaget’s theories of development, the ability to reason through abstract concepts and test hypotheses systematically is not indicative of the concrete operational stage of development. Those skills do not develop until an individual has reached the formal operational stage. The concrete operational stage is characterized by the ability to think logically about an object or event; achievement of the conservation of number, mass and weight; and the ability to classify objects according to several characteristics and then order them in a series based on a single dimension, such as weight.
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