How might a proponent of a developmental systems view explain an infant's lack of success in the traditional A-not-B task as described by Piaget?
A) An A-not-B error demonstrates an infant's limited understanding of object permanence.
B) An A-not-B error demonstrates an infant's understanding of object permanence.
C) An A-not-B error may be due to a violation-of-expectation rather than lack of object permanence.
D) An A-not-B error may be due to factors such as perseveration and feedback from repeated actions rather than an infant's understanding of object permanence.
E) An A-not-B error demonstrates an infant's inability to make a mental representation of the object.
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