Psychologist Renée Baillargeon found that three-and-a-half-month-old infants appeared surprised when they watched a carrot pass behind a screen but fail to appear in a window in the screen. According to Baillargeon, this suggests that infants understand _____ at a much earlier age than Piaget suggested.
A) conservation
B) object permanence
C) centration
D) symbolic thought

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Baillargeon's research suggests that infants as young as 3.5 months old have an understanding of object permanence, which is the understanding that objects exist even when they're out of sight. This contradicts Piaget's theory, which argued that infants don't develop object permanence until they're about 8-9 months old.

Psychologist Renée Baillargeon Found That Three-And-A-Half-Month-Old Infants Appeared Surprised When