Jay and Justin each have a stick of gum. Eight-year-old Jay

stretches his stick until it is much longer. Five-year-old Justin begins to cry because he thinks that Jay has more gum than he does. Justin lacks
a. animism.
b. object permanence.
c. conservation.
d. egocentricity.


ANSWER: c

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