While assessing the development of a 9-month-old infant, the nurse asks the mother if the child actively looks for toys when they are placed out of sight. The nurse is determining whether the infant has developed:

1. Object permanence.

2. Centration.

3. Transductive reasoning.

4. Conservation.


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Rationale:

1. A child who has developed object permanence has the ability to understand that even though something is out of sight, it still exists.
2. Centration is when a child focuses on only one particular aspect of a situation.
3. Transductive reasoning is when a child connects two events in a cause–effect relationship because they have occurred at the same time.
4. Conservation is when a child knows that matter is not changed when its form is altered.

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