According to Piaget,developing __________ represents the beginning of the child's language development and symbolic thought.
A)conservation
B)object permanence
C)centration
D)egocentrism

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According to Piaget, developing object permanence represents the beginning of the child's language development and symbolic thought as it indicates that the child has the ability to form mental representations and understand that objects have a separate existence from themselves. Conservation (A) is the ability to understand that the amount or quantity of a substance remains the same even if its appearance changes. Centration (C) refers to the tendency of young children to focus only on one feature of an object while disregarding other aspects. Egocentrism (D) refers to the child's inability to take the perspective of others. While these concepts are important in Piaget's theory, they do not represent the beginning of language development and symbolic thought as object permanence does.

According to Piaget,developing __________ Represents the Beginning of the Child's