The nurse is preparing to assess a preschool-aged child who states,"This is Bella,my bear.People tell me that they can't hear Bella talking,but that hurts her feelings and makes her cry." When documenting this interaction in the child's medical record,which term should the nurse use?

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The child's statement that the bear has feelings and can cry indicates a belief in animism, which is the attribution of life and consciousness to objects or animals. Seriation refers to the ability to arrange items in a logical order, conservation refers to the understanding that the quantity of a substance remains the same even when its appearance changes, and object permanence refers to the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight. None of these concepts are relevant to the child's statement about the bear.

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