Oscar, a college student, is checking seven-year-old Meyer to see what cognitive skills he has. He asks him to do some basic conservation tasks. Meyer has correctly responded that there is still the same amount of clay, whether it is in a round ball or rolled out into a hotdog-type shape. When Oscar asks why, Meyer demonstrates how the hotdog-type shaped piece of clay can be rolled back into a
ball. This shows that Meyer has a good grasp of
a. assimilation.
b. transformational thought.
c. equilibrium.
d. primary circular reactions.
b
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