A wise mother will give both her three-year-old and her four-year-old children identically shaped glasses of soft drink to avoid conflict over who has the most. The mother is showing her awareness of her children's difficulty with
A) language.
B) object permanence.
C) conservation.
D) symbolism.

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Conservation refers to the understanding that certain properties of an object remain the same even when its appearance has been altered in some superficial way. In this scenario, the mother is aware that her children may engage in conflict over who has more drink, so she gives them identically shaped glasses to show them that the amount of drink is the same for both. This demonstrates her understanding of conservation, as she knows that the shape of the glass does not change the amount of drink each child has.

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