Five-year-old Mike is shown two parallel ropes of the same length. One rope is then moved to the right. When Mike is asked if the ropes are of the same length, he replies that the rope to the right is longer. According to Jean Piaget, this illustrates Mike's inability to grasp ________.
A. theory of mind
B. object permanence
C. transduction
D. conservation
Answer: D
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