Seven-year-old Allison goes to the beach every year with her family. On each vacation, Allison has played with sand, pouring it back and forth into different containers. This year Allison shows her grandfather two very different shaped containers each containing sand and says, "Look! It's the same amount of sand in each bucket. Even though this one looks like a lot more. Cool!" Allison is demonstrating which skill?

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Allison is demonstrating conservation, which is the understanding that quantity remains the same despite changes in shape or appearance. This cognitive skill is typically developed during the concrete operational stage of cognitive development, according to Jean Piaget.

Seven-Year-Old Allison Goes to the Beach Every Year with Her