Jenny watches her mom pull two cookies out of the pantry.Her mom places one whole cookie on a plate and then breaks up the other into three pieces and places it on another plate.Asked to choose between the two cookies of equal size,one whole,and one broken,Jenny takes the broken cookie,saying that three cookies are better than one.Piaget would say that Jenny lacks

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Piaget's theory of cognitive development suggests that children go through stages of development, and at a certain stage, they may lack an understanding of conservation - the idea that the amount or quantity of something remains the same even if it changes its shape or form. Jenny's preference for the broken cookie over the whole cookie because it appears to be more in quantity suggests that she lacks conservation. Therefore, the correct answer is D - conservation.

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