Which age range is associated with the Concrete Operational Stage?

• A. 12-15
• B. 7-11
• C. 0-2
• D. 2-6

Answer: (B)

In Piaget’s stages, the Concrete Operational Stage is when children start thinking logically about concrete objects and real-world events. They grasp concepts like conservation, reversibility, classification, and seriation, and they can perform logical operations on things they can see and handle, rather than on abstract ideas. This shift in thinking typically occurs around seven to eleven years old. After this stage, around early adolescence, concrete reasoning gives way to formal operational thinking, which handles abstract and hypothetical problems. The other age ranges align with earlier stages (sensorimotor or preoperational) or later (formal operational).