As part of a conservationofnumber task, a child counts the same number of items in each of two rows but says that the experimenter's longer row has more. When asked why, her MOST likely response is:

Question

As part of a conservation­of­number task, a child counts the same number of items in each of two rows but says that the experimenter's longer row has more. When asked why, her MOST likely response is:

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The child is likely focused on the length of the row and not the number of items. Therefore, when she sees that the longer row extends further, she assumes that it must have more items, even though the same number of items is present in each row. The response "This row goes all the way here" reflects this misunderstanding of the task.

As Part of a Conservation­of­number Task, a Child Counts the Same

As Part of a Conservationofnumber Task, a Child Counts the Same