Baby Jamal watches as a parent puts his stuffed bunny repeatedly in a certain location and retrieves the stuffed bunny from that location. Next, the parent puts the stuffed bunny in the same location, but then moves the stuffed bunny to another location while Jamal watches. Jamal continues to search for the stuffed bunny in the first location. This is an example of

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

This scenario is an example of the A-not-B error, where an infant continues to search for an object in the first location it was hidden, despite seeing it moved to a new location. This error is common in infants who have not yet fully developed object permanence.

Baby Jamal Watches as a Parent Puts His Stuffed Bunny