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Conservation (psychology)
An ability in logical thinking according to the psychologist, Piaget who developed four stages in cognitive development. By the third stage, the Concrete operational stage, the child of age 7-11 has mastered this ability, to logically determine that a certain quantity will remain the same despite adjustment of the container, shape, or appearant size.
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