Piagetian Conservation Tasks

A four year and seven year old engaging in classic Piagetian conservation tasks (4 minutes).

• Category

  People & Blogs

[Reelisst]

So, I'm the four-year old in the video (it was taken 16 years ago), and I'd just like to say that neither me nor my sister were 'subjected' to anything, I remember it being a lot of fun... there was cheese and jokes involved! And my mother is a college professor--it doesn't get much more professional than that. And, of course my sister came across as smarter than me, she's three years older! All that being said, I hope you all enjoy this video and learn something from it.

[crazypianolady]

A child acquires conservation during the concrete operation stage which is at ages of 7-11.

[Betul Al Ahmadi]

I'm working on this topic right now. I liked the show but, sorry, were you really four years old? Hard to believe. You looked like (your appearance) a 7 year old smart boy. Thanks for the video and the explanation.

[glinkz aratnacle]

thanks to this video



[TooManyTekkerz]

was this filmed with a potato?

[Chris Wilson]

YUMMERS.. OM NOM NOM NOMN,

[Khatiga Nasir]

Obviously your mom tough you girls really well. Now we are doing an assignment on this video in our developmental psychology class!

[Chasity Webb]

Of course because they are at two different cognitive levels.

[786sheesha786]

I wanna do the water lol

[IAMHOTuKNOWit]

Too cute.

[epizeuxis92]

thanks! it's a good vid.. it really helped me..

[jayjaypen2]

It's always nice to see classic experiments in action beyond the text.

This comparative task by Piaget was another of his methodological flaws. Try asking the child to select from 3 possible answers: 'more', 'the same', 'less'. Thus, the child is merely forced into an immature interpretation of the question as one that requires a superlative answer.