Piaget Preoperational Stage

In the preschool period up to age 6-7, children are too young to perform mental operations. Experimenting with the concept of conservation, you can see how a child lacks mental processes to understand.

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Education

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• Piaget
• Preoperational
• Conservation

[loveankissalways]

i dont think the question was asked properally. the dad should have asked his son, has the pink one got more, has the black one got more or are they the same. by asking which one has more, the little boy feels that those r the only opions.

[eggiweg]

Can the concept of conservation be taught to a child in the preoperational stage? If you explained that they both had the same mass regardless of shape would they be able to then answer the questions correctly?

[thankqwerty]

What if you hold the black one sideway?

[rekomstop4eva]

The reason children in the preoperational stage cannot see the equality the mass, no matter what the shape, is because they cannot focus on two different aspects at one time. "Same amount of play-doh, different shapes" is two different aspects that they are not yet able to understand. There are children that develop quicker than others, piaget's age grouping is just considered the 'average'.