Piaget's number conservation task provides supporting evidence of what characteristic of preoperational thought?
A)Agency
B)Cognitive flexibility
C)Accommodation
D)Centration

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The number conservation task demonstrates centration, which is the tendency of preoperational children to focus only on one aspect of a situation and ignore other relevant features. In this task, children are shown two identical containers with the same amount of liquid. One of the containers is then poured into a taller and thinner container. Preoperational children typically focus only on the height of the container and are unable to conserve the amount of liquid, even though it is the same as before.

Piaget's Number Conservation Task Provides Supporting Evidence of What Characteristic