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Max, a preschooler, explains that a sandwich cut into four pieces is more than a sandwich cut in half, demonstrating which characteristic common in the preoperational stage?

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I believe the answer is: Conservation

Conservation is distinguished by the awareness to understand that quantity will always remain the same amount Even after the adjustment of the container, shape, or size. In the example above, max still has not completely pass the conservation stage even though he got really close.

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