Maya, who is five years old, is on a video call with her grandmother. Maya is holding her favourite toy dinosaur directly in front of her own eyes. Pointing at the dinosaur's tail, she asks her grandmother, 'What colour is this tail?' When her grandmother says she cannot see the toy, Maya becomes confused.
Use your knowledge of Piaget's theory of cognitive development to explain why Maya is confused by her grandmother's response.
Practise AQA A Level Psychology Cognition and development with exam-style questions for A Level Psychology. 100 questions covering Piaget's theory of cognitive development, Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development, Baillargeon's early infant abilities, and Development of social cognition, matched to the AQA A Level Psychology (7182) specification and written in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.