Children Develop Problem-Solving Abilities Relative to Mass, Weight, and Volume

question 168

Multiple Choice

Children develop problem-solving abilities relative to mass, weight, and volume at different ages. This finding suggests

• A) children are preoperational longer than previously thought.
• B) children develop conservations skills earlier than Piaget believed.
• C) conservation does not appear in children's thinking all at once.
• D) seriation does not appear in children's thinking all at once.

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