Eight-year-old Celine notices that her father makes a small, thick pancake and a big, thin pancake using the same amount of pancake batter. She wonders what would happen if her father went back in time and made the pancakes back into batter. Celine concludes that both pancakes contain the same amount of batter even though they look different. In the context of Piagetian cognitive development, which of the following is most likely to be true about Celine?

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Celine's ability to understand that the pancakes would return to the same amount of batter if reversed demonstrates her understanding of the principle of reversibility, which indicates that she has moved beyond the preoperational stage and is likely in the concrete operational stage of Piagetian cognitive development. This stage typically occurs between the ages of 7 and 11 years old.

Eight-Year-Old Celine Notices That Her Father Makes a Small, Thick