Question

Which of the following statements is true?

Only children in the concrete and formal operations stages possess the skill of object permanence.

Only children in the preoperational stage possess the skill of object permanence.

Only children in the preoperational and sensorimotor stages possess the skill of object permanence.

Children at the end of the sensorimotor stage, the preoperational stage, the concrete operations stage, and the formal operations stage possess the skill of object permanence.

Answer 1

Answer is as follows :

True statement is-Only children in the preoperational and sensorimotor stages possess the skill of object permanence.

EXPLANATION-In the first stage i.e Sensory-Motor stage ,in Piaget's Stages of cognitive Development,a infant (0-2 years)begins to control his muscles and starts using more calculated approaches to producing events ,coordinating several schemes to generate single act.They achieve object permanence at this stage at the end ,but he is unable to differ one type of things for other type things .For instance,an infant will push one toy out of the way to reach another toy that is lying,partially exposed,under it.In preoperative stage ,an infant (2-7 years)can think logically according to his understanding they develop object permanence by touching or holding the objects.THis is the condition of starting of the mental process.