Piaget Believed Infants Make the A-Not-B Error Because They Cannot

question 50

Multiple Choice

Piaget believed infants make the A-not-B error because they cannot:

• A) fully mentally represent unseen objects
• B) fully pay attention to the adult moving the object
• C) inhibit their initial reflex impulses
• D) inhibit with their dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

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