Piaget believed that children's inability to keep two aspects of a problem in mind was at the heart of all of the following characteristics of thinking in early childhood EXCEPT:

A) egocentrism.
B) the confusion of appearance and reality.
C) object permanence.
D) precausal reasoning.

Egocentrism

Egocentrism is the inability to differentiate between one's own perspective and someone else's perspective, often observed in children during the pre-operational stage of cognitive development according to Piaget.

Precausal Reasoning

A type of logical thinking observed in young children where cause-and-effect relationships are not understood in conventional or scientific terms.

Object Permanence

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or touched.