AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -conservation Correct . Conservation is the ability to understand that simply changing the appearance of an object does not change the object ‘s nature . abstract thinking Correct . Abstract thinking develops during the formal operational stage .

Detailed explanation-2: -Centration is noticed in conservation: the awareness that altering a substance’s appearance does not change its basic properties. Children at this stage are unaware of conservation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Per Piaget’s theory, conservation, or logical thinking, should be apparent during the concrete operational stage and the maturing age is between the ages of seven and eleven (McLeod, 2010).

Detailed explanation-4: -Conservation and reversibility: Conservation the understanding that objects can change in size, volume, or appearance but essentially remain the same. Reversibility means that some things that have changed can return to their original state, while others cannot.

Detailed explanation-5: -Piaget argued that cognitive and intellectual development happens through a process of adaptation. That is, children learn by adjusting to the world. They do this through assimilation, accommodation and equilibration.