What Is the Conservation of Number

question 104

Multiple Choice

What is the conservation of number?

• A) the ability to count the number of items in two or more rows
• B) the ability to assign number words to written number symbols and objects
• C) the ability to recognize that the last number counted is the total number of items
• D) the ability to recognize one-to-one correspondence between two sets of objects in spite of spatial rearrangements

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies brought into play by individuals, groups, and even nations to cope with realities and to maintain self-image.

Displacement

A defense mechanism where an individual redirects emotional impulses from a real object to a substitute target.

Repression

A defense mechanism where unpleasant thoughts, feelings, or desires are unconsciously excluded from consciousness.

Psychodynamic Tradition

A psychological perspective that emphasizes unconscious processes and childhood experiences in shaping behavior and personality.