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Category - Growth and Lifespan Development

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At what stage are children using magical thinking according to Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory?

Formal Operational Stage
Preoperational Stage
Sensorimotor Stage
Concrete Operational Stage

Explanation

Answer: B - Children use magical thinking in Piaget’s Preoperational Stage.
Magical thinking, or believing that thinking about something will make it happen, is a manifestation of precausal reasoning that is typical for the preoperational stage.

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