Question

______ is the mental ability to arrange things in order, i.e., according to their increasing or decreasing size.

Answer 1

Seriation is the mental ability to arrange things in order, i.e., according to their increasing or decreasing size.

Explanation:

Seriation is the cognitive ability to arrange objects according to a particular dimension, such as size, length, weight or number. For example, a child may arrange sticks from shortest to longest. This ability develops during Piaget’s concrete operational stage and reflects logical thinking.