Question

Mrs. weston asks colin if he wants his sandwich in one piece, or cut into two pieces. colin asks her to keep it in one piece, because he isn't hungry enough to eat two pieces. in the context of piaget's theory, colin's answer suggests that he does not:

Answer 1

Colin's answer suggests that he does not "does not yet understand the concept of conservation",

Conservation is a term used for a quality of thinking. Jean Piaget presented the theory that in the preoperational stage which is usually between the ages of two to seven years the kids do not have this ability of conservation.