Matthew notices that his son Damian is having a great time playing near the kitchen sink. When Matthew asks Damian what he is doing, Damian responds, "It is fun to look at two different-size glasses, imagine water pouring back and forth between them, and knowing that the amount of water stays the same even though the glass shapes differ." Piaget would describe Tate's comments as indicating that he has acquired:
A) animism.
B) egocentrism.
C) irreversibility.
D) a mental operation.

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Damian's ability to understand that the amount of water remains the same despite being poured into glasses of different shapes indicates that he has developed the capability for mental operations. This is a concept from Piaget's theory of cognitive development, specifically relating to the concrete operational stage, where children (typically aged 7 to 11) begin to understand the concept of conservation—that certain properties of objects remain the same despite changes in the objects' form or appearance.

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