In full view of a child, an experimenter hides a toy repeatedly under a yellow cloth. Then he introduces a slight change in the procedure, now hiding the toy beneath an adjacent red cloth. The child in this scenario is 8 months old. How will she most likely react?
A) by crying
B) by not reaching for the toy under either cloth
C) by randomly searching under any nearby object
D) by searching under the yellow cloth

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At 8 months old, infants have developed object permanence, meaning they understand that objects still exist even when they are out of sight. Therefore, the infant is likely to search for the toy under the yellow cloth, where it was previously hidden, indicating that they remember where the toy was hidden last.

In Full View of a Child, an Experimenter Hides a Toy