Benny is playing with a toy on the bed. His father, folding laundry next to him, accidentally drops a pillowcase on top of Benny's toy. Benny immediately begins playing with another toy in front of him because the first toy no longer exists to him
Benny's reaction best illustrates the concept of:
a. a lack of accommodation
b. a lack of assimilation
c. a lack of object permanence
d. a lack of a schema
C. Benny has a lack of object permanence. He does not know that the toy continues to exist despite not being able to see it.
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