A Psychologist Shows a Child Two Glasses of Water, Equally

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Multiple Choice

A psychologist shows a child two glasses of water, equally full and of the same shape and size. Then she pours the water from one of the glasses into a taller, thinner glass and asks "Now which glass has more water?" The psychologist is apparently testing the child's concept of

• A) object permanence.
• B) conservation.
• C) episodic memory.
• D) paired-associates learning.

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