Four-year-old Jasmine is shown two identical tall glasses of water and agrees that they contain the same amount of liquid.When the liquid is poured into a short,wide container,she says that there is more water in the shorter container because it is "all spread out." Jasmine is demonstrating

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Jasmine is showing an inability to conserve, which is the concept that the amount of a substance remains the same even when its appearance changes. This is because she thinks that the water is now more because it appears spread out in the shorter container.

Four-Year-Old Jasmine Is Shown Two Identical Tall Glasses of Water