Although Piaget claimed young infants could not mentally represent or think about anything that is not perceptually present, subsequent research has shown that young infants can represent invisible objects. Researchers have shown that infants as young as 3-1/2 to 4-1/2 months old look longer at impossible events than at possible events. This research procedure is known as:

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The violation-of-expectancy procedure involves showing infants possible and impossible events to see if they look longer at the impossible ones, indicating surprise and suggesting they have some expectation of how the world should work.

Although Piaget Claimed Young Infants Could Not Mentally Represent or Think