An experimenter shows a child two clay "sausages" that are identical in size and shape and then allows the child to watch as she
rolls one of the clay sausages into a longer, thinner sausage. The experimenter then asks the child whether the two clay sausages still contain the same amount of clay. This experiment was designed to examine: a. object permanence.b. egocentrism.c. symbolic representations.d. conservation.
Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that this experiment was designed to examine conservation. This term refers to identify if something still remains fundamentally the same even though it has been modified or changed. Which is why the experimenter asks the child if the sausages still contain the same amount of clay (fundamentals) after being stretched.
