Question 3: Comparing Preoperational and Concrete Operational Thinking Piaget’s stages show how children’s thinking changes over time: Preoperational Stage (Ages 2-7) → Children focus on appearance instead of logic. Concrete Operational Stage (Ages 7-11) → Children start to think logically and understand conservation (the idea that things stay the same even if they look different). (a) How the Responses Differ Younger child (Preoperational stage) → In the quarters experiment, the child thought the spread-out row had more, even though the number stayed the same. Older child (Concrete Operational stage) → Understood that even when things look different, their amount stays the same. (b) Limitations of Preoperational Thinking The younger child relied on appearance over logic. In the juice experiment, the child thought the taller glass had more juice just because it looked taller. This shows that children at this stage don’t yet understand conservation. (c) How This Supports Piaget’s Theory These examples show that children’s thinking develops in stages. Younger kids rely on what they see, while older kids use logic. This supports Piaget’s idea that learning is an active process and that children build knowledge over time.