If a 4½-year-old child is asked to draw a person who is first standing upright and then has fallen down, the child is likely to draw the figure in the vertical position, and then the figure lying in the horizontal position with no other intermediate pictures to demonstrate the person falling. This child would be showing a lack of understanding of what Piagetian concept?
A. egocentric thought
B. intuitive thought
C. conservation
D. transformation
Answer: D
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