Lorenzo is shown two round balls of clay equal in size. He watches as the experimenter rolls one ball into a long sausage shape and asks which of the shapes has more clay. If Lorenzo is in Piaget's concrete operations stage he will reply, ____
a. "the long one"
b. "they are both the same"
c. "the ball"
d. "I can't tell"
B. The preoperational child usually answers "the long one," mistaking a change in shape for a change in quantity, whereas by age 7 or 8 most children will answer "the same," realizing that the quantity remains the same even if the shape changes.
Psychology
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