The mother of a young child who didn't like to drink milk was trying to coax him to drink some. Taking the glass of milk, she poured it all into a smaller cup and said, "There! Now you won't have to drink so much." This works because the child does not yet understand the principles of ________.

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Conservation refers to the understanding that even though the appearance of an object or substance changes, it can still be the same in terms of quantity. The child in the scenario did not understand that pouring the milk into a smaller cup did not change the amount of milk that he had to drink.

The Mother of a Young Child Who Didn't Like to Drink