Jean Piaget
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According to Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, when a child is going through the 'Pre-operational Stage', their thinking exhibits limitations such as 'Centration' and 'Irreversibility'. In this context, if water from two identical glasses of the same size is poured into a tall and narrow glass and the child concludes that the amount of water is greater in the tall glass, according to Piaget, this inability of the child primarily reflects the absence of which mental operation?
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According to Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, children in the pre-operational stage (approximately 2 to 7 years) lack the capacity for 'Conservation'. Children can focus on only one dimension of an object at a time (such as only height or only width), which is called 'Centration', and they cannot mentally reverse actions, known as 'Irreversibility'.
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