Professor Stott is conducting an experiment where he shows a child two clay "sausages" that are identical in size and shape. He then allows the child to watch as he rolls one of the clay sausages into a longer, thinner sausage. Professor Stott then asks the child whether the two clay sausages still contain the same amount of clay. This experiment was designed to examine
A) object permanence.
B) egocentrism.
C) symbolic representations.
D) conservation.

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This experiment was designed to examine the concept of conservation, which refers to the understanding that even though the appearance of an object may change, its fundamental properties remain the same. In this case, the amount of clay remains the same even though one sausage appears longer and thinner. Object permanence refers to the understanding that objects exist even when they are not physically present, egocentrism refers to the tendency to view the world from one's own perspective, and symbolic representations refer to the ability to use one object to represent another.

Professor Stott Is Conducting an Experiment Where He Shows a Child