Question

In a conservation-of-liquid problem, young children do not realize that the water in short, wide glass would attain its former height if it were poured back into the tall, thin glass. This characteristic of preoperational thought is known as

a. Irreversibility
b. Centration
c. Focus on states rather than transformations
d. Perception-bound thinking

Answer 1

This characteristic of preoperational thought is known as a. Irreversibility.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to Piaget, the preoperational stage of cognitive development is the second stage. It is initiated when the child is around the age of two years old, lasting until the age of seven. One characteristic of children in this stage is known as irreversibility. It is the belief a child has that something cannot be reversed, undone.During this stage, children do not understand the change in shape that water will undergo when poured from a short, wide glass into a tall, thin glass. Another example is flattening dough. Due to irreversibility, children will not understand that dough can be rolled back into a ball.