An Experimenter Shows a Child Two Clay "Sausages" That Are

question 46

Multiple Choice

An experimenter shows a child two clay "sausages" that are identical in size and shape and then allows the child to watch as she rolls one of the clay sausages into a longer, thinner sausage. The experimenter then asks the child whether the two clay sausages still contain the same amount of clay. This experiment was designed to examine:

• A) object permanence.
• B) egocentrism.
• C) symbolic representations.
• D) conservation.

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