Jacob and His Mother Are Driving Home from School

Multiple Choice

Jacob and his mother are driving home from school. Jacob, who is sitting in the back seat behind his mother, is telling a story about his foot getting hurt. Of course, his mother, who is driving, cannot see his foot, but Jacob keeps pointing to his foot, saying, "Mommy, see where I have my boo-boo?" Jacob is suffering from

A) conservation.
B) a lack of object permanence.
C) centration.
D) egocentrism.