When a preschooler believes that the amount of liquid in a tall thin glass actually changes when the liquid is poured into a short wide bowl, we conclude that the child cannot

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Conservation is the understanding that certain properties of an object, such as its volume or mass, remain the same even when its shape or appearance changes. A child who believes that the amount of liquid changes when it is poured into a different shaped container has not yet developed the concept of conservation. This implies that the child cannot conserve.

When a Preschooler Believes That the Amount of Liquid in a Tall