Billy refuses to drink his orange juice from the 1/2 full glass that his mother gives to him.He wants her to pour the juice into his favorite cup and watches his mother fill it to the brim.Billy likes his cup better because he gets more juice in it.With what cognitive concept in Piaget's theory is Billy having trouble?
A)Accommodation
B)Assimilation
C)Conservation
D)Semiotic function

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Billy is having trouble with the concept of conservation, which is the understanding that the amount of a substance remains the same even when it changes shape or appearance. He thinks that the amount of juice he gets is determined by the size of the cup, rather than the actual amount of juice in the glass.

Billy Refuses to Drink His Orange Juice from the 1/2