The Mother of a Young Child Who Didn't Like to Drink

Multiple Choice

The mother of a young child who didn't like to drink milk was trying to coax him to drink some. Taking the glass of milk, she poured it all into a smaller cup and said, "There! Now you won't have to drink so much." She would never have fooled the child if he had not been in the __________ stage.

A) preconventional
B) preoperational
C) concrete operations
D) formal operations