Baby Patricia is almost two years old. When a toy is taken from her sight, she quickly forgets about it and chooses something else to play with. Why did she forget?

A). Patricia doesn't have the ability to know that the toy still exists.

B). Patricia has a short attention span.

C). Patricia has learned that when toys are taken away, she doesn't get them back.

D). all of the above

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Maxim Burton

Biology

27 January, 12:02

Baby Patricia is almost two years old. When a toy is taken from her sight, she quickly forgets about it and chooses something else to play with. Why did she forget?

A). Patricia doesn't have the ability to know that the toy still exists.

B). Patricia has a short attention span.

C). Patricia has learned that when toys are taken away, she doesn't get them back.

D). all of the above

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Answer: Option (A) is the correct answer.

Explanation:

According to Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, the period of an infant from birth to 2 years is a period of sensorimotor stage.

In this stage, things that are seen by the child are existing but if anything goes out of sight then it means that thing does not exist.

For example, when a 2 year old child is shown a teddy bear then he becomes happy to see it. The moment we hide the teddy bear, the child forgets about it as if it never existed.

Therefore, we can conclude that in the given situation Patricia doesn't have the ability to know that the toy still exists.