A baby realises that a toy still exists after it is hidden under a cloth. Piaget called this understanding what?
AConservation
BEgocentrism
CObject permanence
DReversibility
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Object permanence
1. The baby knows the toy exists though it cannot be seen.
2. Piaget named this object permanence, a key gain of the sensorimotor stage.
3. Conservation is about quantity staying the same, egocentrism is about viewpoints, and reversibility is about undoing actions mentally.
_Source: Wikipedia, Piaget's theory of cognitive development, Sensorimotor stage_
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