Five-Year-Old Simone Is Shown Two Evenly Spaced Rows of Five

question 69

Multiple Choice

Five-year-old Simone is shown two evenly spaced rows of five nickels.When asked which row has "more," Simone responds that the rows are the same.Next,one of the rows of nickels is squished close together.When asked which has "more," Simone responds the row that is still spaced out has more.In this example,Simone has displayed

• A) egocentrism.
• B) object permanence.
• C) conservation.
• D) centration.

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