Psychologist Jean Piaget showed children two identical glasses filled with the same amount of water. After the children agreed that both glasses held the same amount of water, Piaget poured the water from one glass into a taller, narrower glass and then asked them about the amounts of water in each glass. Tyler thought that the taller glass held more water because the water line was higher than in the shorter, wider glass. This is an indication that Tyler is in the ____________ stage of development.

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Tyler's belief that the taller glass holds more water is based purely on perceptual cues, rather than a concrete understanding of volume and conservation of matter. This aligns with the preoperational stage of development (ages 2-7) in Piaget's theory, where children are still largely guided by their perceptions and lack the ability to reason abstractly or understand conservation of matter.

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