Dr. Jean Piaget gave 5-year-old children two identical glass beakers, each containing the same amount of liquid. The children had no difficultly understanding that the amount of liquid was the same in both containers. However, when the liquid from one beaker was poured into a tall, thin beaker, the children mistakenly believed that the taller glass had more liquid. This finding shows which characteristic of children in the Pre-Operational Stage of Development.

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Kaya Horton

2 December, 13:38

Dr. Jean Piaget gave 5-year-old children two identical glass beakers, each containing the same amount of liquid. The children had no difficultly understanding that the amount of liquid was the same in both containers. However, when the liquid from one beaker was poured into a tall, thin beaker, the children mistakenly believed that the taller glass had more liquid. This finding shows which characteristic of children in the Pre-Operational Stage of Development.

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Conservation

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The pre-operational stage is the second stage of Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development which starts around the age of 2 up to 7. At this stage, children use symbolic functions but lacked logical reasoning. One characteristic of this stage is the inability to understand the concept of conservation, which the child understands by altering the form of a material does not change its volume or mass.