(Video: Object Permanence) A 10-month-old boy is shown looking for a toy airplane where he originally found it rather than where he last observed it being hidden. This illustrates

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The A not B error refers to the tendency of infants to look for a hidden object in a previously successful hiding location (A) rather than the new location (B) where they saw the object being hidden most recently. This error occurs due to infants’ inability to understand object permanence, which is the understanding that objects still exist even when they are out of sight. In this particular scenario, the 10-month-old boy is looking for the toy airplane where he originally found it (location A) rather than where he last observed it being hidden (location B), which is a classic example of the A not B error.

(Video: Object Permanence) a 10-Month-Old Boy Is Shown Looking for a Toy