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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Definitions:

Transport Vehicles

Means of conveyance designed for moving goods or passengers from one location to another.

Prototype

A mental image or best example of a category. Matching new items to a prototype provides a quick and easy method for sorting items into categories (as when comparing feathered creatures to a prototypical bird, such as a crow).

Category

A class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics.

Mental Grouping

The cognitive process of categorizing objects or information based on shared attributes or relations, aiding in understanding and memory.