Five-year-old Latoya watches her father place a ball in each of six bowls.She agrees that there are just as many balls as there are bowls.Her father then removes the balls and spreads them out in a row that extends beyond the row of bowls.Latoya says there are now more balls than there are bowls.According to Piaget,Latoya lacks the concept of:
A)conservation.
B)egocentrism.
C)object permanence.
D)false beliefs.

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Latoya's response indicates that she does not understand the concept of conservation, which is the idea that a quantity remains the same despite changes in appearance or arrangement. She initially understood that there were six balls when they were in the bowls, but did not realize that they still made six when they were spread out in a row. This is a typical response for a child who has not yet acquired the concept of conservation, according to Piaget's theory of cognitive development.

Five-Year-Old Latoya Watches Her Father Place a Ball in Each