Baby Henry's mother has given him a cup of juice with a straw from which to drink. Henry becomes frustrated when the juice does not come through the straw, so he removes it in order to suck the juice directly from the cup. In Jean Piaget's framework, Henry is demonstrating:
A) A-not-B error.
B) means-end behavior.
C) object permanence.
D) deferred imitation.

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Henry is demonstrating means-end behavior, which refers to the understanding that there is a way (means) to achieve a goal (end). In this case, Henry's goal is to drink the juice, and when the straw does not work, he finds another way to achieve his goal by removing the straw and drinking directly from the cup.

Baby Henry's Mother Has Given Him a Cup of Juice