The A-not-B Error is best described as an object permanence concept where
A) a child cannot distinguish between letters of the alphabet.
B) during the search for the object,the infant looks in the old hiding place rather than the new one.
C) during the search for the object,the infant will place the object in a new place.
D) None of these.

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The A-not-B Error refers to the tendency of young infants to search for an object in an old hiding place (location A) even after they have seen it moved to a new hiding place (location B). This suggests that they have not developed a full understanding of object permanence, which is the ability to understand that objects continue to exist even when they are not visible. None of the other options describe the A-not-B Error.

The A-Not-B Error Is Best Described as an Object Permanence