Kevin and his mother are playing with a squeaky toy. Kevin's mother squeezes the toy in front of him and then hides it under a blanket. Kevin has fun finding the toy under the blanket and then giving it back to his mother. After several rounds of this game, Kevin's mother hides the toy behind a pillow instead of under the blanket. Rather than looking behind the pillow, however, Kevin lifts the blanket to look for the toy. Which statement is true?

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The A-not-B error is a common mistake made by infants around 8-12 months of age where they continue to look for an object in its previously successful hiding place (A) rather than in a new location (B). In this scenario, Kevin has made the A-not-B error by continuing to look under the blanket even though his mother hid the toy in a new location (behind the pillow). There is no evidence to suggest that Kevin does not know the toy still exists or that he is specifically 6 months old.

Kevin and His Mother Are Playing with a Squeaky Toy