The __________ principle is illustrated by a child who counts a set of Star Wars figures "1, 2, 5, 8...Eight! There are 8 Star Wars figures."
A) cardinality
B) stable-order
C) one-to-one
D) addition

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The principle of cardinality refers to the understanding that the last counting word used to count a set represents the total number of objects in that set. In this example, even though the child skipped numbers during counting (2 and 5), they correctly used the word "eight" as the final counting word to indicate the total number of Star Wars figures they counted.

The __________ Principle Is Illustrated by a Child Who Counts