Janes mother has two crackers, both of equal size. She breaks one of the crackers up into four pieces. Jane says she wants the one with the most and immediately chooses the four pieces, even though the two amounts are equal. Janes choice illustrates Piagets concept of:

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Jane’s mother has two crackers, both of equal size. She breaks one of the crackers up into four pieces. Jane says she wants the one with the most and immediately chooses the four pieces, even though the two amounts are equal. Jane’s choice illustrates Piaget’s concept of:

A	Accommodation
B	Egocentrism
C	False belief
D	Conservation

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Some examples a child is at the preoperational stage include: imitating the way someone talks or moves even when they are not in the room. drawing people and objects from their own life but understanding they are only representations. pretending a stick is a sword or that a broom is a horse during play.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sensorimotor stage (0–2 years old) Preoperational stage (2–7 years old) Concrete operational stage (7–11 years old) Formal operational stage (11 years old through adulthood)

Detailed explanation-3: -His theory posits that this ability is not present in children during the preoperational stage of their development at ages 2–7 but develops in the concrete operational stage from ages 7–11.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Formal Operational Stage: 12 and Up The adolescent or young adult begins to think abstractly and reason about hypothetical problems. Abstract thought emerges.

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