Jasmine wants a big piece of cake.Her mother puts it on a big plate, and Jasmine complains that she wants more cake.Jasmine is satisfied when her mother moves the cake to a small plate because she is only focused on one dimension, plate size.This phenomenon of focusing excessively on a single dimension is called:

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Centration is a tendency to focus on only one aspect of a situation, ignoring other important aspects. In this scenario, Jasmine is focused only on the size of the plate and not the amount of cake she received. Hence, the best answer is A) centration. The other options - compensation, conservation, and seriation - are not relevant to this scenario.

Jasmine Wants a Big Piece of Cake