According to Piaget, How Can We Determine Whether a Child

question 139

Multiple Choice

According to Piaget, how can we determine whether a child has the concept of object permanence?

• A) Watch the child's eye movements when the object moves.
• B) Place a toy behind a barrier and see whether the child retrieves it.
• C) Squash some clay or pour liquid into a different container and see whether the child thinks it still is the same amount.
• D) See whether the child consistently prefers one toy to another.

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Definitions:

Sensory Memory

The briefest memory phase that enables people to maintain sensory information impressions even after the initial stimuli are no longer present.

Working Memory

The part of short-term memory that is concerned with immediate, conscious perceptual and linguistic processing.

Implicit Memory

Refers to the type of memory that enables individuals to perform tasks without conscious awareness of these previous experiences.

Working Memory

A cognitive construct with a maximum capacity designed for the quick storage of information pending processing.