Howie and His Little Sister,Stephie,are Each Given One Large Cookie

Multiple Choice

Howie and his little sister,Stephie,are each given one large cookie.The mother breaks Stephie's cookie into four pieces to help her eat it more easily.Howie immediately begins to cry and says that it isn't fair for Stephie to get so many cookies when he only has one.Howie is showing a lack of:

A) centration.
B) conservation.
C) intuitive thought.
D) symbolic function.