The Ability to Mentally Represent and Remember Objects and Events

question 57

Multiple Choice

The ability to mentally represent and remember objects and events is

• A) object permanence.
• B) representational ability.
• C) developed early in infancy.
• D) not developed until Piaget's concrete operations stage.

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