CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The ability to understand that a simple change in the shape of an object does not change its amount.
A
conservation
B
transitivity
C
dexterity
D
seriation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -This is the principle, which Piaget called the theory of conservation, in which the child realizes that properties of objects-such as mass, volume, and number-remain the same, despite changes in the form of the objects.

Detailed explanation-4: -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)

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