Question

Madeline is working to teach her 4-year-old daughter, Eliza, how to count. She places 10 buttons in one row with very little space between the buttons, and 8 buttons in another row with more space between the buttons; therefore, the second row is longer than the first. Then Madeline asks her daughter which row has more buttons. Eliza chooses the second row, even though she knows that 10 is more than 8, because she is focusing on the length of the rows and ignoring other information. What is this an example of?

a) conservation.
b) ego-centric thought.
c) pre-operational functioning.
d) centration.

Answer 1

d. Centration

Step-by-step explanation:

This is an example of Centration. Centration in psychology which relates the cognitive developmental theory and if we define it is the tendency to focus on one significant characteristic in a situation and neglect those characteristics which are more relevant. If you look in this case, you would notices that Eliza is focusing on the length of the row of buttons rather than the number of buttons put in a row i.e 8 and 10