Eleven-Year-Old Nathan First Grasped Conservation of Number, Followed by Length

question 29

Multiple Choice

Eleven-year-old Nathan first grasped conservation of number, followed by length, liquid, mass, and then weight. This limitation of concrete operational thinking is known as

• A) transitive inference.
• B) continuum of acquisition.
• C) adaptability.
• D) conservation of thought.

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