An experimenter shows a child two equal glasses of water and then pours the water from one of them into a glass of a different shape. Then the experimenter asks whether the new glass has more or less water than the other one. What concept is the experimenter testing?

A) assimilation
B) object permanence
C) conservation
D) hypothetical reasoning

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Mangesh Pawar · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  The experimenter is testing the child's understanding of conservation, the idea that the amount of a substance remains the same even if its form or shape changes. The child must realize that the amount of water remains the same, despite being poured into a different shaped glass.

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