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 occurs when infants, who have developed object permanence (the understanding that an object still exists even if it is not visible), are shown an object hidden in one location (A) and then watch it be moved to a new location (B). When asked to retrieve the object, infants will often search for it in the original location (A), rather than the new location (B). This indicates a difficulty in inhibiting the previously successful motor response of reaching to location A.

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