Question

Sam buys a hollow, plastic rock where he plans to hide his spare key. He puts it near several other rocks by the door and calls to his two children, a 3-year-old and a 6 ½-year-old. He said he was gardening and found something under the rock and asks them to guess. One says a worm and the other says some ants. Then, he lifts it up and shows them that it's hollow and actually contained the house key. Then he asks where a robber, who has not been shown what is under the plastic rock, would look for the key to the house. How do you think each child would answer? Explain.

Answer 1

Answer:

3 year old kid may be say that robbery will find the key under the rock because his perception about world is self centered and he cannot think robber has no information about the keys under the plastic rock.He is in preoperational stage.

But 6¹/² years old kid may say that robber will not find the keys because he has no information about the plastic rock.This occurs due to the developed.He is in the concrete operational stage and he can understand that other has also their own feelings and thoughts and that is different from their own thoughts and experiences.