Which of the following is a limitation on the cognitive life of children in Piaget's preoperational stage?
A) abstract concepts
B) object permanence
C) hypothetical thinking
D) centration
E) animism

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Centration, the tendency to focus on only one aspect of a situation, is a limitation on the cognitive life of children in Piaget's preoperational stage. Children in this stage have difficulty understanding that the same amount of liquid in two different shaped glasses is still the same amount, for example, because they are focused only on the height, not the width or shape, of the glass. They are also limited in their ability to understand conservation, which is the concept that certain properties (such as volume or number) remain unchanged despite changes in appearance.

Which of the Following Is a Limitation on the Cognitive