In
the preoperational stage, children are able to represent objects by images and
words. At this stage, children are capable of forming stable concepts even
though they are not able to perform them. Also, the children are not able to
think logically and their thinking is egocentric at this stage making it
difficult for them to accept others perspective (Piaget & Cook, 1952).
On
the other hand, children in the preoperational stage do not understand that the
properties of objects are conserved and that just because something looks
different it has not changed (Dasen, 1994). Children do not understand abstract
concepts like amounts, speed, or weight in this stage.
Play the video below to watch an experiment about conservation conducted on some children.
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