A Child Is Shown Two Identical Balls of Clay

question 231

Multiple Choice

A child is shown two identical balls of clay.Then an adult squashes one ball into a pancake shape.She then asks the child if one of the shapes contains more clay and the child answers,"Yes,the pancake does." In Piagetian terms,the child has not yet reached:

• A) sensorimotor stage
• B) concrete operations stage
• C) object permanence
• D) decentricity

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