Baby Rina, who is still developing the expertise at motor skills necessary for the search task, is more likely to make the A-not-B search error because

A) she does not yet understand object permanence.
B) her short attention span prevents her from thinking beyond A.
C) her reaching scheme is limited to reflexive actions.
D) she has little attention left to focus on inhibiting her habitual reach toward A in favor of B.


D

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