Young infants cannot appreciate the carnival game, in which a pea seems to disappear from under a walnut, because they have not yet developed a sense of _______.

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

Object Permanence

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or touched, a concept developed in infancy.

Carnival Game

A game of skill or chance commonly found at carnivals, fairs, and amusement parks, often requiring players to complete a challenge for prizes.

Conservation

A cognitive ability, described by Piaget, where a child realizes that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects.