Mimi crawls into the hallway to look for her mother after she leaves the room. According to Piaget, this shows that Mimi
A) is confused by the concept of object permanence.
B) is making an A-not-B error.
C) has not yet developed object permanence.
D) has developed object permanence.

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Piaget's theory of cognitive development states that object permanence is the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they are not visible. Mimi's crawling into the hallway to look for her mother after she leaves the room shows that she has an understanding of object permanence, and therefore, the correct choice is D.

Mimi Crawls into the Hallway to Look for Her Mother