Jasmine is fascinated by the jingling of a ring of keys her mother has. When her mother drops the keys on the table behind Jasmine, the infant starts to cry and moves her hands in protest. This shows that Jasmine has not developed an understanding of:
A) symbolic manipulation.
B) infinite generativity.
C) telegraphic thinking.
D) object permanence.

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Jasmine's reaction indicates she does not understand that the keys still exist even when she cannot see them, which is a lack of object permanence.

Jasmine Is Fascinated by the Jingling of a Ring of Keys