Which Piaget stage follows the Pre-operational stage?

• A. Sensorimotor stage
• B. Pre-operational stage
• C. Concrete Operations stage
• D. Formal Operations stage

Answer: (C)

In Piaget’s theory, the stage after the Pre-operational period is the Concrete Operations stage, where children begin to think logically about concrete objects and events. They grasp concepts like conservation (recognizing that quantity stays the same despite changes in appearance), reversibility (undoing actions in thought), and serialing/classification (ordering items by size or type). This marks a shift from the symbolic, egocentric thought of the pre-operational stage to more organized, rule-based reasoning, though still tied to concrete experiences rather than abstract ideas. Sensorimotor comes earlier, and Formal Operations come later when abstract and hypothetical thinking emerge.