One-year-old Cindy was playing a hiding game with her father. He hid her toy under a blanket and then Cindy would try to find it. Later, he added a second blanket and she watched him hide the toy under it. Interestingly, Cindy still looked under the first blanket. She was _____________.

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Cindy's behavior of looking under the first blanket even though she saw the toy being hidden under the second blanket is an example of the A-not-B error. This error is commonly observed in young children as they have not yet fully developed the cognitive ability to understand object permanence and can be easily confused by changes in the location of hidden objects. Option A (engaging in mental representation) and option C (engaging in deferred imitation) do not accurately describe Cindy's behavior in this scenario. Option D (making a categorization error) is also not relevant to the situation described.

One-Year-Old Cindy Was Playing a Hiding Game with Her Father