Two-year-old May Lin loves to play with her doll. She gives her doll a bottle, burps her, and changes her diaper just like her mother does for her baby brother. May Lin is quite satisfied to mother her doll and leave the care of her brother to her mother. According to Piaget, May Lin's ability to use a doll as a representation of a real baby illustrates that she is capable of __________.

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May Lin is demonstrating symbolic function, the ability to use an object (the doll) to represent something that is not physically present (her baby brother).

Two-Year-Old May Lin Loves to Play with Her Doll