You arrange two rows of pennies so they are equal in length.A child views the rows and states that they have the same amount of pennies.You spread out the pennies in the bottom row so it is longer than the top row.The child now states that the bottom row has more pennies.This child is in which of Piaget's stages?

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This child is in the preoperational stage, where they struggle with conservation tasks (the understanding that an object's properties remain the same even when its appearance changes). In this case, the child is focusing on the length of the rows rather than the number of pennies, indicating a lack of conservation of number.

You Arrange Two Rows of Pennies So They Are Equal