Question

Juan and his little sister, anne, are each given a large cookie. their mother breaks anne's cookie into four pieces to enable her to eat it easily. juan immediately begins to cry and says that it is not fair for his sister to get so many cookies when he only has one. juan is showing a lack of:

Answer 1

He's showing a lack of conservation which means he's unable to understand that the quantity is the same after it underwent a shape transformation.