Piaget concluded that babies make the A-not-B search error because
A) they cannot yet coordinate means-end action sequences.
B) appreciation of physical causality has not yet been attained.
C) the ability to engage in goal-directed behavior has not yet developed.
D) they do not have a clear image of the object as persisting when hidden from view.

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Piaget believed that babies make the A-not-B search error because they do not have a clear image of the object as persisting when hidden from view. This means that they cannot yet understand that an object still exists even if they cannot see it. As a result, they may continue to search for the object in the first hiding spot (A), even when they have seen it moved to a new hiding spot (B).

Piaget Concluded That Babies Make the A-Not-B Search Error Because