alleryConservation first appears in which Piaget stage?
APreoperational stage
BSensorimotor stage
CFormal operational stage
DConcrete operational stage
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Concrete operational stage
1. Conservation is not present in the preoperational stage (about 2 to 7 years).
2. It develops in the concrete operational stage (about 7 to 11 years).
3. Reversibility and decentration, both concrete operational skills, make conservation possible.
**Why not the others:** Preoperational children typically fail conservation tasks because of centration and irreversibility.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Conservation (psychology)", section "introduction" (revision 1351958246)_
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