One of the criticisms of Piaget's view of object permanence is that
A) babies who cannot yet speak cannot tell us whether they have mastered object permanence.
B) Piaget overestimated children's developmental speed.
C) babies do not yet have enough control over their bodies to initiate a search.
D) eight-month-old babies still act surprised when an object reappears.

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Piaget's theory has been criticized because it may underestimate babies' cognitive abilities, suggesting that the issue might not be with their understanding of object permanence but rather with their physical ability to search for objects, as indicated in option C.

One of the Criticisms of Piaget's View of Object Permanence