Eight-month old Jonathan was playing with a set of his mother's car keys, which had some sharp edges on them. His mother took the keys away and hid them, which made Jonathon start to cry, but he stopped immediately when she gave him his favorite stuffed animal. What Piagetian concept does this illustrate?

The Piagetian concept which this illustrates is:

Object permanence is a Piagetian concept which is used to show the ability of children to understand that even though an object may be out of his or her view, that object still exists and can be brought back, or replaced with another.

As a result of this, we can see that the eight month old baby Jonathan is already aware of this as when his mother collects her car keys from him and replaces it with a stuffed animal, he stopped crying.

Therefore, the correct answer is object permanence

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The options are

a. Egocentrism

b. Conservation

c. Object permanence

d. Transformation

The answer is C. object permanence

Explanation:

Object permanence according to Piagetian concept involves children having the instinct of the existence of an object or substance even when hidden out of their sight. They also have the ability to search for such objects. It is usually common in individuals from the age of 8months and above.

This explains why when Jonathan was playing with a set of his mother's car keys and his mother took the keys away and hid them he started to cry and stopped when another object was given to him.