An 8- to 12-Month-Old Infant Searches for a Hidden Object

question 160

Multiple Choice

An 8- to 12-month-old infant searches for a hidden object in a place where she previously found it rather than in the place where she most recently saw someone hide it.This is an example of what Piaget referred to as

• A)sensorimotor thought.
• B)the development of object permanence.
• C)the A-not-B,error.
• D)none of these.

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