Johnny is a 4-year-old youngster who is having lunch with his mother and sister
When his mother pours the milk that is left in the carton into the children's glasses, she finds that there isn't enough to fill both glasses, so she carefully pours half of the milk in the shorter, fatter glass into a thin, taller glass in front of Johnny's sister. Immediately, Johnny complains that his sister got more milk than he did, and even when his mother tries to explain that they both got the same amount, Johnny insisted he was right. In this example, Johnny is demonstrating a lack of development in the area of
a) centration.
b) conservation.
c) concrete operational thought.
d) preoperational thought.
b
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