Five-year-old Helios says that the sun is out because it knows that he likes to play in the daytime,and that it goes down at night to let him sleep.Helios is demonstrating Piaget's concept of
A)animism.
B)centration.
C)representation.
D)conservation.

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Helios' belief that the sun has characteristics of knowing and choosing to go down is an example of animism, which is one of Piaget's developmental concepts where children attribute human-like qualities and emotions to inanimate objects.

Five-Year-Old Helios Says That the Sun Is Out Because It