... support the idea that Om's logical thinking is developed rather than contradict it. The last experiment I conducted was the Glasses of Water Experiment. I take two fat glasses and one tall glass and placed them on the dining table. Then I pour water into two fat glasses and asked Om to see if they had the same amount of water. Om replied, " ... ;Yes" without hesitation. Then when I poured water into a taller glass and asked Om if the two glasses had the same amount of water. Om pointed to the skinnier glass and said "This one has more water." He also doesn't hesitate with this ...

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... age of seven to the age of eleven. The child begins to think logically and masters conservation tasks. Tasks such as identifying that the glass of milk is the same whether it is in a tall glass or a short glass is easy for the child to figure out. The child can classify on more than just one dimension as they did in previous ages ... ...

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... and logical descriptions of cognitive development. Although I never had the opportunity, until now to extensively test this theory. I have conducted a couple small experiments, such as asking a 5-year-old child which glass has more water (tall or fat) when in fact they had the same. I did find the results to replicate Piaget's findings that even after being shown that they both contain ... the same amount the child who was at a Preoperational stage was convinced when the tall and short glasses were again compared that the tall glass, having the higher water level contained more (Balk, 2...

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... assessment, a judgement of the value, worth, character, or effectiveness of something; measurement of progress 20. Debunking: Looking behind the facades of everyday life People: 1. Charles Horton Cooley: 1864-1929 "looking glass self" and self concept, noting that selfish individualism prevented them from achieving an ideal society and that society is organic 2. Charles Darwin: process of evolution in the survival of the ... ...

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