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Cognitive Development Across the Lifespan (College Board AP® Psychology): Exam Questions

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A researcher pours equal amounts of water into two identical glasses in front of a six-year-old child. The researcher then pours the water from one glass into a taller, narrower glass. When asked which glass has more water, the child points to the taller glass.

Which of the following best explains the child's response?

  • The child is in the formal operational stage and is reasoning abstractly

  • The child is in the sensorimotor stage and lacks object permanence

  • The child is in the preoperational stage and has not yet developed conservation

  • The child is in the concrete operational stage and understands reversibility

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A teacher places a toy under a blanket in front of a 10-month-old infant. The infant immediately reaches under the blanket to retrieve the toy.

According to Piaget, which cognitive milestone does this behavior demonstrate?

  • Object permanence

  • Conservation

  • Egocentrism

  • Abstract reasoning

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