Question

Adam is upset that his twin brother Ryan has two pieces of pie while he only has one. His Mom rightly states that it’s the same amount of pie it’s just that Ryan’s piece fell apart into two pieces as it was transferred onto the plate. Still not satisfied, Adam begins to throw a temper tantrum. In a moment of desperation, Adam’s Mom cuts his piece in half saying: "There, Adam, now you have two pieces!" This worked. Adam is now happy. What Piagetian Stage is Adam in?

Answer 1

Answer: The preoperational stage .

Explanation:

This stage occurs when the child is around two to seven. The child learn to understand symbolic infromation but not concrete logic



Understanding Conservation

At this stage they don't understand the law of conservation in such that the weight of a substance doesn't change because the shape is changed or altered. For example if an equal amount of liquid is poured in glasses of different shapes such as one glass being tall and thin whilst the other is short and wide the child at this stage doesn't understand that the amount of liquid is conserved in either glass.

At this stage Adam doesn't understand that it doesn't matter that the shape of the pie is altered but the amount one gets will still be the same , just because it is split into two that doesn't change its mass or quantity , the mass of the pie is conserved irrespective of the shape.