Each time Mr. Chow hides 7-month-old Jana's doll under her blanket, she retrieves the toy. When Mr. Chow then hides the doll under a pillow near the blanket, Jana continues to look under the blanket for the doll. Jana is demonstrating
A) the secondary circular reaction.
B) habituation and recovery.
C) displaced reference.
D) the A-not-B search error.

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Jana's behavior indicates that she is making the A-not-B search error, which is a common mistake made by infants in which they continue to look in the location where an object was previously found (A), even after seeing it moved to a new location (B). In this scenario, Jana is looking under the blanket (A) even though the doll has been moved under a pillow (B).

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