One-Year-Old Danny Is Fascinated with Flushing the Toilet and Throwing

question 135

Multiple Choice

One-year-old Danny is fascinated with flushing the toilet and throwing different objects down the bowl. Flushing to see the water go down shows _____. The fact that Danny is expecting to see things reappear again after they are out of sight shows he understands the basics of object permanence.

• A) means-end behavior
• B) mechanics
• C) assimilation
• D) accommodation

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Definitions:

Self-evaluation

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Self-starter

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Visual Self-recognition

The ability to recognize oneself in a mirror or photograph, usually developed by humans around 18 to 24 months of age.

Representation

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