A four-month-old infant is playing with keys. You place a magazine on top of the keys. The infant does not search for them. This demonstrates a lack of

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Object permanence is the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight. The fact that the infant does not search for the keys when they are covered by the magazine indicates a lack of object permanence. Accommodation refers to the process of adjusting existing schemas or creating new ones to fit new information, egocentrism refers to the tendency to view the world from one's own perspective, and conservation refers to the understanding that physical properties of objects remain the same even when their form or appearance changes. None of these concepts are demonstrated in the scenario described.

A Four-Month-Old Infant Is Playing with Keys