When a young child grasps a toy, it is part of his experience and is real to him, but when he is not holding the toy, it doesn't exist for him anymore. Piaget says this is because young children do not have
A) a circular reaction for objects.
B) object permanence.
C) conservation.
D) dialectic thinking.

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Piaget's theory of cognitive development suggests that infants lack object permanence, which is the ability to understand that an object exists even when it is not in sight or being experienced directly. This is why young children believe that items cease to exist when they are out of sight or reach.

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