The ability to mentally represent and remember objects and events is

A) object permanence.
B) representational ability.
C) developed early in infancy.
D) not developed until Piaget's concrete operations stage.

Representational Ability

The capacity of individuals to use symbols or objects to stand for something else, critical in language development and creative thinking.

Object Permanence

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be observed, a concept developed in early childhood according to Jean Piaget.