Asked by Carly Kowalsky on May 11, 2024
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An investigator shows a child two balls of clay of equal size and then squashes one of them and asks the child whether the squashed ball has more clay than the round ball. The experimenter is testing whether the child has the concept of
A) object permanence.
B) accommodation.
C) assimilation.
D) conservation.
Conservation
The principle in environmental science aiming at the prevention of waste and protection of the natural environment; in psychology, it refers to a child's ability to understand that a quantity does not change even when its form does.
Object Permanence
The comprehension in infants that items remain in existence even when they are not visible, audible, or tangible.
- Establish methods to appraise a child’s awareness of object permanence, conservation, and diverse cognitive notions.
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Slater HaddadMay 17, 2024
Final Answer :
D
Explanation :
The experiment is testing the child's understanding of conservation, which is the ability to understand that the amount of a substance remains the same even when its shape or appearance changes. The squashing of the ball of clay alters its appearance, but not the amount of clay it contains.
Learning Objectives
- Establish methods to appraise a child’s awareness of object permanence, conservation, and diverse cognitive notions.