When 3-Year-Olds Attempting to Master-Conservation-Of-Volume Task Are Asked If There

question 19

Multiple Choice

When 3-year-olds attempting to master-conservation-of-volume task are asked if there is more liquid in the taller beaker, they:

• A) focus on a single attribute.
• B) try to coordinate height and width.
• C) answer "yes" only because they cannot express what they really mean.
• D) decenter if shown that the liquid will be the same when poured back into the original container.

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Definitions:

ATC

Average Total Cost, which is the total cost divided by the quantity of output produced, representing the per unit cost of production.

Diminishing Returns

A rule which posits that when investment in a specific sector grows, the profit rate from that investment will not continue to rise past a certain threshold if all other factors are kept unchanged.

AVC

Average Variable Cost is the total variable cost per unit of output.

ATC

Average Total Cost; the per-unit cost of production, calculated by dividing the total cost by the quantity of output produced.