According to Piaget, the ability to understand that simply changing the appearance of an object does not change the object's nature is known as _______.

A) object permanence
B) conservation
C) centration
D) reversibility

Object Permanence

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or otherwise sensed, typically developed in infancy.

Conservation

The principle that certain properties, like volume, mass, and number, remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects, in cognitive development.

Centration

In Piaget’s theory, the tendency of a young child to focus only on one feature of an object while ignoring other relevant features.