Cognitive Development in Childhood: Piaget's Conservation-of-Number Task 5 1/2-Year-Old Passes

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Piaget's Conservation-of-Number Test

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The following clip shows a 4 1/2 -year-old failing...

The following clip shows a 4 1/2 -year-old failing on a test of conservation-of-number, followed by a 5 1/2-year-old succeeding.

Cognitive Development in Childhood: Piaget's Conservation-of-Number Task: 4 1/2-Year-Old Fails

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1. The first child, Christian, believes that the two piles of crackers are different from one another because:

A. the crackers in his row are closer together.

B. the row closer to him has larger crackers.

C. the crackers in his row are farther apart.

D. the row closer to him has fewer crackers.

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2. How do the two children shown differ in their performance on this task?

A. The younger child is confident that his row of crackers has more pieces, and the older child isn't so sure.

B. The older child has difficulty telling if the two rows of crackers have the same number of pieces, and the younger child is confident that each has the same number of crackers.

C. The younger child can't count high enough to tell how many crackers there are, and the older child can count.

D. The younger child has difficulty telling if the two rows of crackers have the same number of pieces, and the older child is confident that each has the same number of crackers.