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Why the Piagetian A-not-B phenomenon is no error: A comparative perspective
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 October 2001
Abstract
A-not-B behavior in various mammals and birds suggests it has been selected for during evolution. One scenario is that displacement to B of one food item from a trove at A should not distract the forager. Piagetian stage V experiments may not test for object permanence, but rather for the more abstract notion that physical objects can be unique.
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