Which of the Following Was One of the Findings in Testing

question 101

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was one of the findings in testing the principle of conservation?

• A)To Piaget's surprise,four-year-old children recognized that a ball of clay rolled into a sausage shape still had the same amount of clay.
• B)A five-year-old child was able to recognize that when a subordinate class of objects is placed together with a larger class of the same type of object,the whole was larger than either group.
• C)Six- and seven-year-olds recognized that a ball of clay rolled into a sausage shape still had the same amount of clay.
• D)Piaget found that his research worked best if he used the same types of objects and asked the same questions of all of the children that he studied.

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Definitions:

Public Goods

Goods that are non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning they can be consumed by everyone and one person's consumption doesn't reduce availability for others.

Quasi-Public Goods

Quasi-public goods are those that exhibit some characteristics of a public good such as non-excludability and non-rivalry but do not fully meet these criteria, often because they can be provided privately for a fee.

Optimal Amount

The quantity of production or consumption that maximizes efficiency or utility under given constraints.

Median Voter's Preference

A concept in political economy suggesting the outcome of a majority-vote decision process will most closely align with the preferences of the median voter.