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Suppose a Child Is Shown a Set of Glass Marbles

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Suppose a child is shown a set of glass marbles that includes 5 red marbles and 8 green marbles. The child is asked to count the red marbles, then the green marbles, and then all the marbles, which she can do. Although she can answer the question, "Are there more red or green marbles?" she cannot correctly answer the question, "Are there more red marbles than glass marbles?" This situation most clearly demonstrates which of the following concepts?


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Transformation

A comprehensive change or conversion in form, appearance, nature, or character.

Reintegrative Stage

The period of late adulthood during which the focus is on tasks that have personal meaning.

Sensorimotor Stage

Piaget’s initial major stage of cognitive development, which can be broken down into six substages.

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