Question

Lekshmi complains when her tall thin glass of juice is poured into a short but wider glass. She tells her father that she now has less juice. Lekshmi has not yet grasped the principle of:

• A. Conservation
• B. Animism
• C. Ego Centrism
• D. Constancy

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Conservation

• Piaget's stages of development are part of a theory about the phases of normal intellectual development from infancy through adulthood, including thought, judgment, and knowledge.

• The stages were named after psychologist and developmental biologist Jean Piaget, who recorded and studied the intellectual development and abilities of infants, children, and teens.

Piaget's four stages of intellectual (or cognitive) development are:

• Sensorimotor. Birth through 2 years old

• Preoperational. Toddlerhood through early childhood (2-7 years old)

• Concrete operational. Ages 7-11 years old

• Formal operational. Adolescence through adulthood, 12 years and older

Piaget acknowledged that some children may pass through the stages at different ages than the averages noted above. He also said some children may show characteristics of more than one stage at a given time.