In Which Stage of Cognitive Development Does the Conservation Concept

question 64

Multiple Choice

In which stage of cognitive development does the conservation concept first appear?

• A)formal operations
• B)concrete operations
• C)preoperational
• D)sensorimotor

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Definitions:

Preconscious

represents thoughts and feelings that are not immediately in consciousness but can be accessed through attention or stimuli.

Id

In Freudian psychoanalytic theory, the part of the psyche that is the source of instinctual impulses and demands for immediate satisfaction of primitive needs.

Pleasure Principle

A psychoanalytic concept that describes the instinctual seeking of pleasure and avoidance of pain in order to satisfy biological and psychological needs.

Personality

A combination of features that delineates an individual's unique character.