Shaina starts crying because she thinks that her brother has disappeared,when in fact he just put on his Halloween mask.Piaget would say that Shaina is in the ____ stage and has not yet achieved ____.
A) sensorimotor; object permanence
B) sensorimotor; conservation
C) preoperational; object permanence
D) preoperational; conservation

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Shaina is in the sensorimotor stage and has not yet achieved object permanence. Object permanence is the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight. Shaina does not yet have this understanding, which is why she thinks her brother has disappeared when he simply puts on his Halloween mask.

Shaina Starts Crying Because She Thinks That Her Brother Has