A teacher pours juice from a larger glass into two tiny glasses,and the child beams,happy now that he has "more juice." What cognitive stage (Piaget's theory)does the account best illustrate?
A)Concrete operations
B)Formal operational thought
C)Preoperational thought
D)Sensorimotor

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This account best illustrates preoperational thought, which is the cognitive stage in Piaget's theory where a child is still learning to understand conservation, or that the amount of liquid is the same even if it is poured into different sized glasses. The child's belief that they have more juice in two tiny glasses than in one large glass shows a lack of understanding of conservation.

A Teacher Pours Juice from a Larger Glass into Two