Jean Piaget showed children two identical beakers filled with the same amount of water. After the children agreed that both beakers held the same amount of water, Piaget poured the water from one beaker into a taller, narrower beaker and then asked them about the amounts of water in each beaker. Children in which stage would be unable to distinguish the fact that the beakers held the same amount
of water?
a. Sensory operational stage
b. Preoperational stage
c. Concrete operational stage
d. Formal operational stage
b
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