Mimi, 20 months old, wanted the penny that her mom put inside her new coin purse. She shook the coin purse vigorously, but the penny did not fall out. Mimi studied the coin purse, looking at the metal snap, the front flap, and the sealed bottom
After running through the range of possibilities, Mimi finally decided that pulling on the snap and lifting the flap might give her access to the penny, and she was right! Mimi was using _________________ to solve her problem.
categorization
deferred imitation
object permanence
mental representations
mental representations
Psychology
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