Professor David is studying childhood cognitive abilities by watching children in her laboratory change the shape of a mound of clay. She then asks the children if the quantity of clay has changed. Professor David is investigating children's cognitive abilities using a _____ task.

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The task described is one where the children are being asked to understand that the quantity of the clay has not changed despite a change in its shape. This is known as a conservation task, where children are learning to conserve a certain physical property (in this case, quantity). The other options (reversibility, centering, decentering) do not accurately describe the task as described.

Professor David Is Studying Childhood Cognitive Abilities by Watching Children