Four-year-old Nina is shown two balls of play dough of the same weight. One ball is then mashed into a flat shape. When Nina is asked if the two objects have the same weight, she replies that the flat shaped dough is heavier. According to Jean Piaget, this illustrates Nina's inability to grasp ________.

A. conservation
B. object permanence
C. theory of mind
D. transduction


Answer: A

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