A Circular Hole Is Drilled into an Aluminum Sheet

question 83

Multiple Choice

A circular hole is drilled into an aluminum sheet. When the sheet is heated, the diameter of the hole will

• A) become smaller.
• B) become larger.
• C) depend on the thickness of the sheet.
• D) not be affected.

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Definitions:

Piaget's Conservation Task

A type of task designed by Jean Piaget to assess a child's ability to recognize that certain properties of objects remain the same even when their appearances change.

Decentration

The cognitive ability to consider multiple aspects of a situation instead of focusing on a single viewpoint, a concept often discussed in developmental psychology.

Conservation of Number

A concept in cognitive development that reflects a child's ability to understand that the quantity of a set of items remains the same regardless of how they are arranged.

Spatial Rearrangements

Changes or modifications in the position or arrangement of objects in space.