A College Student Taking Introductory Psychology Decides to Test Piaget's

Multiple Choice

A college student taking introductory psychology decides to test Piaget's theories of mental development on his 10-year-old sister,who loves hot dogs and is very hungry.He shows her two hot dogs.Then,while she is watching,he breaks one of the hot dogs in half.He asks if she would like one hot dog (the intact hot dog) or two hot dogs (the hot dog cut in half) .Consistent with Piaget's findings,the girl probably will:

A) select the intact hot dog.
B) select the hot dog cut in half.
C) state that both choices are the same.
D) become confused and have trouble deciding.