When Ashani\'s mom leaves the room, Ashani cries at first. After a few moments,

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When Ashani's mom leaves the room, Ashani cries at first. After a few moments, she stops crying because her mom is "out of sight and out of mind." Which of the following concepts is LEAST relevant to explaining this behavior? Select one: a. Whether or not the child has object permanence b. the child's genetic predisposition to cry frequently c. whether or not the child has egocentrism d. Whether or not the child is in the sensorimotor stage of development e. the mother's previous pattern of interacting with the child

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A. Whether or not the child has object permanence.

This is so as, object permanence is when a child begins to comprehend the fact that things which are not in sight, still persist amd exist. They attribute not seeing something to it not existing.

A child who does not understand this yet, has not reached the stage of object permanence.

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