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Four-year-old Jasmine is shown two identical tall glasses of water and agrees that they contain the same amount of liquid. When the liquid is poured into a short, wide container, she says that there is more water in the shorter container because it is all spread out. Jasmine is demonstrating a lack of understanding of __________.
 
  A) conservation
  B) centration
  C) dual representation
  D) reversibility

Question 2

According to Piaget, magical thinking is common during the preschool years because young children __________.
 
  A) fail to distinguish others symbolic viewpoints from their own
  B) egocentrically assign human purposes to physical events
  C) cannot mentally go through a series of steps in a problem and then reverse direction
  D) believe that physical characteristics of objects remain the same, even when their outward appearance changes



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B




magmichele12

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Wow, this really help

 

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