Five-year-old Simone is shown two evenly spaced rows of five nickels.When asked which row has "more," Simone responds that the rows are the same.Next,one of the rows of nickels is squished close together.When asked which has "more," Simone responds that the row that is still spaced out has more.In this example,Simone has displayed
A) egocentrism.
B) object permanence.
C) conservation.
D) centration.

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Simone has displayed centration, which is the tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation while neglecting others. In this case, she focuses on the length of the rows rather than the number of nickels in each row, leading her to incorrectly judge that the more spread out row has "more" nickels.

Five-Year-Old Simone Is Shown Two Evenly Spaced Rows of Five