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. Bobby, still in the __________ stage, believed that the taller glass held more water because the water line was higher than in the shorter, wider glass.

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The preoperational stage is characterized by egocentrism and the inability to understand conservation, which is the concept that a quantity remains the same even though its appearance changes. Bobby's belief that the taller glass held more water because of its appearance shows a lack of conservation understanding, which is typical of the preoperational stage.

Psychologist Jean Piaget Showed Children Two Identical Glasses Filled with the Same