A psychologist tells a child a story in which a puppet named Maxi puts a ball in one cupboard and then leaves the room.While she is gone,another puppet moves the ball to another cupboard.Then Maxi comes back.At this point,the psychologist asks the child in which cupboard will Maxi look for the ball.This is an example of:
A)a conservation task.
B)an assimilation task.
C)a test of object permanence.
D)the false-belief task.

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This is the false-belief task, as it tests whether the child understands that Maxi does not have knowledge of the ball's movement, and therefore will look for it in the original cupboard where she left it. A conservation task involves demonstrating that the child understands that the physical properties of an object remain the same despite changes in its appearance or arrangement. An assimilation task involves incorporating new information into existing schemas. A test of object permanence assesses whether a child understands that objects continue to exist even when they are not visible. None of these tasks are being tested in this scenario.

A Psychologist Tells a Child a Story in Which a Puppet