AP PSYCHOLOGY

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Piaget’s term for the knowledge that an object exists even when it is out of sight is ____
A
accommodation
B
object permanence
C
centration
D
conservation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Object permanence is the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be sensed. This is a fundamental concept studied in the field of developmental psychology, the subfield of psychology that addresses the development of young children’s social and mental capacities.

Detailed explanation-2: -Object permanence describes a child’s ability to know that objects continue to exist even though they can no longer be seen or heard.

Detailed explanation-3: -Object permanence is the understanding that objects continue to exist even when we can’t actually see them. Object permanence, or object constancy, in developmental psychology is understanding that things continue to exist, even if you cannot seem them.

Detailed explanation-4: -Between 5 and 8 months old, the child develops object permanence, which is the understanding that even if something is out of sight, it still exists (Bogartz, Shinskey, & Schilling, 2000). According to Piaget, young infants do not remember an object after it has been removed from sight.

Detailed explanation-5: -Piaget’s theory is based on the idea that knowledge acquisition is a process of continuous self-construction. Knowledge is invented and re-invented as the child develops and interacts with their surrounding world (Driscoll, 1994).

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