Eight-Year-Old Celine Notices That Her Father Makes a Small, Thick

Multiple Choice

Eight-year-old Celine notices that her father makes a small, thick pancake and a big, thin pancake using the same amount of pancake batter. She wonders what would happen if her father went back in time and made the pancakes back into batter. Celine concludes that both pancakes contain the same amount of batter even though they look different. In the context of Piagetian cognitive development, which of the following is most likely to be true about Celine?

A) Celine experiences role confusion or identity crisis.
B) Celine is in the preoperational stage of development.
C) Celine is in the formal operations stage of development.
D) Celine understands the principle of reversibility.