In which of Piaget's stages does the child become capable of understanding conservation?
A)sensorimotor
B)preoperational
C)formal operations
D)concrete operations

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Conservation refers to the understanding that the quantity of a substance remains the same despite changes in its shape or appearance. Piaget believed that children achieve conservation in the concrete operational stage, which occurs from around age 7 to 12. Only in this stage, children become able to understand that changes in the physical appearance of a substance do not affect its quantity. In the preoperational stage, children have not yet developed the cognitive abilities necessary to understand conservation.

In Which of Piaget's Stages Does the Child Become Capable