Julie, Who Is 4 Years Old, and Simone, Who Is

question 26

Multiple Choice

Julie, who is 4 years old, and Simone, who is 5 years old, are playing marbles together. The winner is the person who hits the other person's marbles. When asked if they could change the rules so that the winner is the person who can shoot a marble the farthest, both emphatically yell "No!" and say that the marble rules cannot be changed. This examples illustrates Piaget's principle of

• A) object permanence.
• B) moral absolutism.
• C) moral reciprocity.
• D) immanent justice.

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