Three-year-old sam gets a lot of satisfaction out of scolding gill, his pretend friend and imaginary playmate. sam is in piaget's ___________ stage of cognitive development.
Sam is in Piaget's preoperational stage of cognitive development. In addition, the preoperational stage is the second stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development in which this stage starts around age 2 as children start to talk and last until approximately age 7. Throughout this stage, the children begin to take part in a symbolic play and learn to use symbols.
