You Are Over at a Friend's House in the Backyard

Multiple Choice

You are over at a friend's house in the backyard and his son, Sam is taking a stick and waving it through the air, making airplane noises. You then take the stick and push it along the ground, making car noises. Sam angrily takes back the stick and says, "No, it's a plane!" Sam appears to be in Piaget's __________ stage.

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