A Child Is Shown Two Identical Glasses, Filled to the Same

Multiple Choice

A child is shown two identical glasses, filled to the same level with water. He watches as the experimenter pours all the water from one glass to a differently shaped glass. When the experimenter asks whether the two glasses with water have the same amount in each, she is testing the child's ability to __________.

A) conserve quantity
B) think scientifically
C) conserve number
D) think abstractly