What was Piaget's explanation as to why preschool-age children in the preoperational stage make errors on tasks requiring conservation?
a) preschool children's neural-visual network is not fully matured
b) preschool children have not lived long enough and accrued enough experience to know the difference between quantities
c) preschool children's tendency toward centration prevents them from focusing on other relevant features of a situation
d) preschool children have not yet developed numerical understanding; therefore, different amounts are meaningless
c
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According to Matsumoto, there are two types of ethnocentrism: _____________ and ______________
a. temporary; permanent b. childhood onset; adult onset c. specific; universal d. flexible; inflexible