Cognitive Development Across the Lifespan

AP Psychology· difficulty 4/5

Conservation of liquid quantity is mastered during which Piagetian stage?

  • A

    Sensorimotor (0–2 years)

  • B

    Preoperational (2–7 years)

  • C

    Concrete operational (~7–11 years)

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  • D

    Formal operational (11+ years)

Explanation

Concrete-operational children grasp conservation of mass, volume, and number — pre-operational kids fail because they centrate on one dimension (height of liquid).

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