alleryAn older infant searches under a blanket for a toy that was just hidden there. This shows:
AConservation
BClass inclusion
CObject permanence
DReversibility
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Object permanence
1. Piaget hid a toy under a blanket in front of infants.
2. Older infants (about 18 to 24 months) searched for it; very young infants did not.
3. Searching shows the child knows the toy still exists when out of sight.
4. This belief that objects exist when not perceived is **object permanence**, a major sensorimotor achievement.
**Why not the others:** Conservation, seriation and reversibility are concrete operational skills.
_Source: Seifert and Sutton, Educational Psychology, 2nd ed. (2009, CC BY 3.0), Ch 3, section "The sensorimotor stage: birth to age 2", p. 48_
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