Question

Krista's father is scooping out a serving of ice cream for her. Krista wants more than what he has put in her bowl. Instead of giving her more ice cream, her father takes the ice cream from the smaller bowl and puts it in a larger one. Krista thinks her father has given her more ice cream. Piaget would say that Krista is in the ____________ . He would also say that Krista's inability to tell that putting the ice cream in a larger container doesn't mean that she is getting more ice cream shows her lack of ____________ .

Answer 1

preoperational stage and lack conservation

Step-by-step explanation:

In the given case since it is mentioned that her father given her the icecream in a larger bowl from the smaller bowl and she thinks she got more icecream so she is in preoperational stage i.e. second stage of cognitive development theory. It begins when a child has an age of 2 and it would be till age 7. Also this represent the lack of conservation