Sanjit hides an interesting object in a certain place several times, and his 10-month-old niece finds it. But, when she watches Sanjit hide it in a second place, she looks in the first location. This is called _____.
A) the A-not-B error
B) a sign of a problem
C) accommodation
D) assimilation

Question

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The given scenario describes the A-not-B error, which is a common error made by infants while searching for hidden objects. When infants consistently find an object in one location (place A), and then watch as it is hidden in another location (place B), they tend to continue searching for the object at the original location (place A) rather than searching for it in the new location (place B).

Sanjit Hides an Interesting Object in a Certain Place Several