To Test Whether an Infant Has the Concept of Object

question 179

Multiple Choice

To test whether an infant has the concept of object permanence, what would Piaget be most likely to examine?

• A) whether the infant knows the name of the object
• B) whether the infant knows that the size and weight of the object stay the same after the shape has been changed
• C) whether the infant has a schema for the object
• D) whether the infant looks for the object after it has been covered up

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