Five-year-old Latoya watches her father place a ball in each of six bowls. She agrees that there are just as many balls as there are bowls. Her father then removes the balls and spreads them out in a row that extends beyond the row of bowls. Latoya says there are now more balls than there are bowls. According to Piaget, Latoya lacks the concept of:
A) conservation.
B) egocentrism.
C) object permanence.
D) false beliefs.
A) conservation.
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word