During a __________ task, 4-year-old Vanessa is asked whether there are more oranges or fruits in a group of two apples, three bananas, and five oranges. She will most likely say that there are more __________.
A) class inclusion; fruits
B) class inclusion; oranges
C) conservation-of-number; fruits
D) conservation-of-number; oranges

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

This is a class inclusion task because Vanessa is being asked to identify which category has more items (oranges, in this case) within a larger category (fruits). Vanessa may not yet understand the conservation of number, but she can understand relative quantities within categories. Therefore, she will likely say that there are more oranges because she is comparing the number of oranges to the total number of fruits presented.

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