Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated September 2025
Verified for the 2026 exam
Verified for the 2026 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated September 2025
Definition
Conservation tasks refer to experiments designed by Piaget to assess a child's ability to understand that certain properties (such as quantity, mass, or volume) remain the same despite superficial changes in appearance.
Related terms
Centration: Focusing on only one aspect of a situation while ignoring other relevant factors.
Irreversibility: The inability to mentally reverse or undo an action.
Decentering: The ability to consider multiple aspects of a situation simultaneously.