Baby Lakota is shown a ball that is then hidden under a cover. What must Lakota do to retrieve the ball?
A) Lakota will need to recall the location of the ball.
B) Lakota must coordinate "pushing aside" and "grasping" schemes to retrieve the ball.
C) Lakota will not be able to retrieve the ball until she is in Substage 6 of the sensorimotor period.
D) Lakota will have trouble retrieving the ball until she no longer makes the A-not-B error.

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Lakota must coordinate her motor skills to remove the cover and grasp the ball. This requires the use of "pushing aside" and "grasping" schemes, which are part of Substage 4 of the sensorimotor period. Options A, C, and D are not correct because they do not accurately describe the process of retrieving the hidden ball.

Baby Lakota Is Shown a Ball That Is Then Hidden