According to Piaget, Preoperational Children Cannot Solve Conservation Problems Such

question 77

Multiple Choice

According to Piaget, preoperational children cannot solve conservation problems such as the "liquids" (or volume) problem because they

• A) center on a single perceptual feature or dimension
• B) do not yet realize that the transformation they have witnessed is reversible
• C) do not understand that changes in one dimension can account for changes in the appearance of another
• D) center on a single perceptual feature or dimension and do not yet realize that the transformation they have witnessed is reversible
• E) all of these

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Definitions:

Miller

George A. Miller was an American psychologist who made significant contributions to the cognitive psychology field, notably proposing that the human mind can hold 7 ± 2 pieces of information in short-term memory.

Maintenance Rehearsal

A cognitive process of repeatedly reviewing information to be retained in short-term memory and possibly encoded into long-term memory.

Short-term Memory

The capacity for holding a small amount of information in an active, readily available state for a short period.

Stimulus

Any object, event, or change in the environment that elicits a sensory or behavioral response in an organism.