A teacher shows two identical glasses filled with an equal amount of juice in them. She empties them in two different glasses one of which is taller and the other one is wider. She asks her class to identify which glass would have more juice in it. Students reply that the taller glass has more juice. Her students have difficulty in dealing with

Options

A. accommodation
B. egocentrism
C. decentring
D. reversibility

Answer

C

Explanation

According to Piaget, decentering refers to the ability to consider multiple aspects of a situation e.g. when asked to choose between two lollipops, a child might choose based on how one flavour is better than the other even thoughs the other is the same size and colour.