Trent watches his mother hide a block under one of two cups and lifts the correct cup to retrieve the block. When his mother hides the block under the other cup, he still lifts the original cup to search for the block. Trent has demonstrated a(n)
A) A-not-B error.
B) lack of object permanence.
C) habituation to the block.
D) cognitive delay in memory processing.
Answer: A) A-not-B error.
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