Sara Is Angry at Her Older Brother and Calls Him

Multiple Choice

Sara is angry at her older brother and calls him "a panty­girdle." At other times when she was angry,she called him "a toilet" and "a rat." Like other children her age,Sara sees the name of an object as being as much a part of the object as its size,shape,and color.Thus,this preoccupation with name calling is very common during which cognitive stage of development?

A) preoperational
B) concrete operational
C) prelinguistic
D) formal operational