Baby Asha is sitting on the floor when her older brother sits down next to her. He takes her favorite stuffed rabbit out of her hands, holds it up, and then puts it behind his back. Within just a few seconds, Asha begins to cry. Her brother hands her back the rabbit, which stops the crying, but he doesn't understand why she didn't just look behind his back for the toy. What would be the reason for this?

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Asha is likely in Piaget's sensorimotor stage of cognitive development, which is from birth to about 2 years of age. During this stage, children have not yet mastered object permanence, which is the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or touched. Asha's crying when the rabbit is taken and hidden suggests she does not understand that the rabbit still exists behind her brother's back.

Baby Asha Is Sitting on the Floor When Her Older