Question

Four-year-old mac is sitting at the lunch counter next to his sister tori. they are having hot dogs for lunch. when his mom cuts his hot dog into five pieces and tori's into six pieces, mac protests, tori has more than me! which ability does mac not yet demonstrate?

Answer 1

What Mac is demonstrating in the scenario is conservation in psychology. It is where an individual believes that a quantity should be all the same or same as its size, container or shape. It is what Mac is illustrating above for he believes that he and his sister should have the same cuts for the hot dog, which he believes that they should have an equal.