Question

Mrs. Pearson cut Judy’s hot dog into eight pieces and Sylvia’s into six pieces. Sylvia cried because she felt she wasn’t getting as much hot dog as Judy. Piaget would say that Sylvia doesn’t understand the principle of________________.

a. object permanence.
b. object equivalence.
c. assimilation.
d. conservation.
e. accommodation.

Answer 1

The answer is d. conservation.

Step-by-step explanation:

In simple words, the principle of conservation states that things or aspects remains the same despite change. Regarding physical objects, it explains that the whole equals the sum of its parts.

Sylvia is probably, by the way, in the preoperation stage described by Piaget. By this point, children cannot think logically and struggle to see others' perspectives about the world.