A child sees a piece of bread go down in a toaster,then turns away believing it no longer exists.According to Piaget,this child has not yet achieved ____ and is in the ____ stage of cognitive development.
A) object permanence; sensorimotor
B) object permanence; preoperational
C) conservation; concrete operational
D) conservation; formal operational

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Object permanence is the understanding that an object continues to exist even when it cannot be seen or heard. The child in this scenario believes that the bread no longer exists when they cannot see it. This is a characteristic of the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development, which is the first stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development.

A Child Sees a Piece of Bread Go Down in a Toaster,then