Preoperational children engaged in problem solving tend to focus on more than one element of the problem at a time, which is a major reason they have developed conservation.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
Rationale: Correct. Preoperational children engaged in problem solving tend to focus (or center) their attention on one element of the problem at a time, which is a major reason they lack conservation. Concrete-operational children can attend to multiple aspects of the problem at once, permitting them to conserve number and volume. See 12-3: Information Processing: Learning, Remembering, Problem SolvingInformation Processing: Learning, Remembering, Problem Solving
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