Connie pours the same amount of apple juice into two glasses. However, one of the glasses is taller and skinnier than the other. Kyle and Cale both want the taller glass because they think it contains more juice. Apparently, neither Cale nor Kyle
A) can reason symbolically.
B) understands the concept of object permanence.
C) is developing an ability for deferred imitation.
D) has yet mastered the principle of conservation.
E) is able to use the cognitive structures of accommodation.

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The principle of conservation refers to the understanding that certain properties of objects, such as volume, mass, or number, remain the same despite changes in the forms or arrangements of those objects. Kyle and Cale's belief that the taller glass contains more juice, despite the same amount being poured into both glasses, indicates they have not yet mastered this principle.

Connie Pours the Same Amount of Apple Juice into Two