According to a Piagetian, the Most Likely Reason That a 4-Year-Old

Multiple Choice

According to a Piagetian, the most likely reason that a 4-year-old could not solve a conservation of number problem is that

A) 4-year-olds cannot yet count.
B) 4-year-olds do not understand that the numbers in the two sets are equal prior to the transformation.
C) the child's attention is captured by the length of the row and she/he finds it difficult to focus on other aspects of the row of beads, such as the quantitative aspect.
D) the child does not understand the point of the question, Do the two rows have the same number of chips, or does one row have more chips than the other?