If a ball that a five-month-old infant is playing with rolls under a chair (and out of sight),the infant will not look for it.Piaget believed that this occurs because the infant
A) does not understand the concept of roll.
B) has a short attention span.
C) has not developed conservation.
D) has not developed object permanence.

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Piaget believed that object permanence develops between 4-8 months of age. Infants younger than 8 months do not have a mental representation of the object that allows them to understand that it continues to exist even if it is out of sight. Therefore, when the ball rolls under the chair and out of sight, the infant does not look for it.

If a Ball That a Five-Month-Old Infant Is Playing with Rolls