A child perseverates in her response, searching for an item in the location from which it was last recovered rather than its new location. Piaget called this behavior __________.
A) habituation
B) the A-not-B effect
C) assimilation
D) accommodation

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The behavior described in the scenario is the A-not-B effect, which is a cognitive error observed in infants when they continue to search for an object in its previous hiding place (location A) rather than the new hiding place (location B) where the object was last hidden, because they have the mental representation that the object is in location A. Piaget first described this behavior as a part of his theory of cognitive development.

A Child Perseverates in Her Response, Searching for an Item