Question

Madeline is working to teach her 4-year-old daughter, Eliza, how to count. She places 10 buttons in one row with very little space between the buttons and 8 buttons in another row with more space between the buttons; therefore, the second row is longer than the first. Then Madeline asks her daughter which row has more buttons. Eliza chooses the second row, even though she knows that 10 is more than 8. What is this an example of?

Answer 1

Answer:

centration

Explanation:

Centration was introduced by Jean Piaget who was a Swiss psychologist. Centration is the tendency for someone, most especially children, to focus on one aspect of a situation and abandon other aspects that might be important and relevant. This behavior is usual exhibited in the preoperational stage stage of development.

Eliza was focusing on the width of space while neglecting the number of button, she was exhibiting centration.