Question: You decide to do a conservation test with your 7 year old niece Alyssa. You arrange two rows of five pennies so they are equal

You decide to do a conservation test with your 7 year old niece Alyssa. You arrange two rows of five pennies so they are equal in length. Alyssa view both rows and states that they have the same amount of pennies. You then spread out the pennies in the bottom row so it appears to be wider or longer than the top row. Alsyssa says that even though the bottom row looks like it has more pennies because the line is wider, the top and bottom row actually contain the same number of pennies. According to Alyssa's answer, what stage of cognitive development is she in? Group of answer choices Concrete Operations Preoperations Sensorimotor Formal Operations

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