Question

Which of the following is Piaget's term for the awareness that physical quantities stay constant despite changes in shape or appearance? a. Accommodation b. Assimilation c. Transformation d. Conservation

Answer 1

Answer:

d. Conservation

Explanation:

Piaget test for conservation focuses on The ability to understand that quantity remains the same even when appearance changes.

Piaget tested three types of conservation;

1. Number

2. Volume

3. Mass

The theory can be described as with this;

Piaget used children under the age of 7 and went ahead to show them 2 identical rows of six counters. These children. identified that there were an equal number of counters in each one. Then, one row was pushed together and these children was asked which had more. These children responded saying that there were fewer counters in the shorter row.