Mrs.Weston asks Colin if he wants his sandwich in one piece,or cut into two pieces.Colin asks her to keep it in one piece,because he isn't hungry enough to eat two pieces.In the context of Piaget's theory,Colin's answer suggests that he does not:
A) understand the concept of object permanence.
B) know how to add.
C) understand the concept of conservation.
D) have an egocentric view.

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Colin's answer suggests that he does not understand the concept of conservation, which is the ability to understand that the quantity of an object remains the same even when its shape or arrangement is changed. In this case, Colin does not realize that cutting the sandwich into two pieces does not change the amount of food he has. If he had the concept of conservation, he would have understood that one sandwich can be divided into two pieces without changing the total quantity of the sandwich.

MrsWeston Asks Colin If He Wants His Sandwich in One