A 6-month-old infant shows no interest when their parent hid…

A 6-month-old infant shows no interest when their parent hides a favorite toy behind a curtain during a game a of peek-a-boo. According to Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, this behavior demonstrates a lack of ______  ___ which is a cognitive milestone typically achieved later in the sensorimotor stage of development.

Al goes out one frosty morning to find that his car is cover…

Al goes out one frosty morning to find that his car is covered with a layer of thick frost. He needs to get to work and looks for his ice scraper. Unable to find it, he thinks for a moment, goes into the house, and returns with a hard plastic spatula from the kitchen. In using the spatula as a makeshift ice scraper, Al has overcome _______________________.