AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Conservation refers to a logical thinking ability that allows a person to determine that a certain quantity will remain the same despite adjustment of the container, shape, or apparent size, according to the psychologist Jean Piaget.

Detailed explanation-2: -Conservation is the understanding that something stays the same in quantity even though its appearance changes. This can apply to aspects such as volume, number, area etc. To be more technical conservation is the ability to understand that redistributing material does not affect its mass, number, volume or length.

Detailed explanation-3: -Conservation, in child development, is a logical thinking ability first studied by Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget. In short, being able to conserve means knowing that a quantity doesn’t change if it’s been altered (by being stretched, cut, elongated, spread out, shrunk, poured, etc).

Detailed explanation-4: -Conservation. Conservation is related to centration. It’s the understanding that a quantity stays the same even if you change the size, shape, or container it’s in. Piaget found that most children can’t understand this concept before 5 years old.

Detailed explanation-5: -7 to 11 Years Begin to understand the concept of conservation; that the amount of liquid in a short, wide cup is equal to that in a tall, skinny glass, for example. Thinking becomes more logical and organized, but still very concrete.