An experimenter shows a child two equal glasses of water and then pours the water from one of them into a glass of a different shape. Then the experimenter asks whether the new glass has more or less water than the other one. What concept is the experimenter testing?

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The experimenter is testing the child's understanding of conservation, the idea that the amount of a substance remains the same even if its form or shape changes. The child must realize that the amount of water remains the same, despite being poured into a different shaped glass.

An Experimenter Shows a Child Two Equal Glasses of Water