Howie and his little sister,Stephie,are each given one large cookie.The mother breaks Stephie's cookie into four pieces to help her eat it more easily.Howie immediately begins to cry and says that it isn't fair for Stephie to get so many cookies when he only has one.Howie is showing a lack of:

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Howie is showing a lack of conservation, which is the understanding that the quantity of an object remains the same even if its appearance changes. In this case, Howie sees that Stephie has more cookie pieces than he does, but he doesn't understand that the total amount of cookie is still the same for both of them.

Howie and His Little Sister,Stephie,are Each Given One Large Cookie