To Test Whether a Young Child Has the Concept of Object

question 161

Multiple Choice

To test whether a young child has the concept of object permanence, Piaget would watch whether the child can

• A) play with a toy the same way the experimenter plays with it.
• B) state that the amount of clay or water stays the same after a distortion of its shape.
• C) answer abstract, hypothetical questions about the object.
• D) reach around a barrier to get an object that the child no longer sees.

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