Ashton is shown two round balls of clay equal in size.He watches as the experimenter rolls one ball into a long sausage shape and asks which of the shapes has more clay.If Ashton is in Piaget's preoperational stage he will reply,____.

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In Piaget's preoperational stage, children (typically aged 2-7 years) have not yet mastered the concept of conservation—the understanding that quantity remains the same despite changes in shape or appearance. Therefore, Ashton is likely to perceive the longer, sausage-shaped clay as having "more" clay simply because its shape has changed, even though the amount of clay remains the same.

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