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Definition:
Piaget's third stage of cognitive development, during which children construct schemes that enable them to think logically about objects and events in the real world. Pg. 251

Examples:
Children figure out that rabbits cannont be hidden in hats and birds don't hide in the sleeves of a magician's jacket and fly out on cue. Knowing that the magician is appearing to do something that is phsically impossible is what makes his performance interesting. Like adults, school-aged children wonder "what's the trick".

Most children by age 6 can quickly figure out that the lump of clay has the same mass no matter how its appearance is changed.

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